Member of Parliament
Sir Mel Stride
Member since
06 May 2010
Bills sponsored
9
Speeches (30d)
3
Speeches (all)
1,384
Written questions
4
Last spoke
28 Apr 2026
Recent contributions (1,384)
HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMomentarily—I assure the hon. Gentleman that I will come to him. What Labour has done in the meantime with this Budget is to take entirely the wrong decision, which is to tax all…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. In her heart, I do not believe that the Chancellor really thinks the right decision was to scrap the two-child benefit cap—I genuinely do…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI will in a moment. It should be pointed out, of course, that that is a fiddled fiscal target. It is not the fiscal target that we were working to—the same definition of debt. It…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerThe reality is that back-loading tax-paying and squeezing spending, as the Government are doing, simply pushes off the inevitable. The evidence shows that, despite its huge…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerWell, no. The reason there is the obsession with fiscal headroom is that this is the Chancellor who set up too little back in the day, blew it all, had to rebuild it, blew it all,…10 Dec 2025
Bills sponsored (9)
BILLSocial Security (Additional Payments) Act 2023Royal Assent23 Mar 2023EnactedBILLCultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Act 2022Royal Assent28 Apr 2022EnactedBILLSupply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019Royal Assent15 Mar 2019EnactedBILLFinance Act 2019Royal Assent12 Feb 2019EnactedBILLSupply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2018Royal Assent19 Jul 2018EnactedBILLFinance Act 2018Royal Assent