Housing and Social Security

Nigel Huddleston Excerpts
Thursday 22nd June 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Crawley Portrait Angela Crawley
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Absolutely. Statistics already show that over 80% of the cuts fall on women. That is simply not good enough.

Nigel Huddleston Portrait Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)
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Will the hon. Lady give way?

Angela Crawley Portrait Angela Crawley
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I need to make some progress.

The UK Government are fixated on a failed Brexit strategy and intent on damaging the economy and threatening jobs—so much so that they have cancelled next year’s legislative programme. In closing, my call to Government Members is this: stop being fixated on fighting with the EU and get on with your day job of governing this country.