Welfare Reform and Work Bill

Debate between Natascha Engel and Helen Goodman

Tuesday 27th October 2015 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel)]

Order. The hon. Lady is making a speech, not an intervention, so I ask her to resume her seat.

[Helen Goodman]

People can take different views on this matter, and I have just been describing the view I take with respect to lone parents.

I want to make one final point. Conservative Members have repeatedly said that the Opposition have no proposals for savings and they are the only ones who are concerned about the deficit. The Opposition voted against the inheritance tax cuts, which will benefit the richest 60,000 households, and we went into the last general election with a proposal to cut the winter fuel allowance for wealthy pensioners. Personally, I think that would be a better thing to do than hit disabled people once again.