The opposition chief whip in the House of Commons has weighed in on the controversial comments about maternity pay at the Conservative conference. Kemi Badenoch had said statutory maternity pay, set up to support mothers for 39 weeks after having a baby, is a "function of tax" which she described as "excessive". Stuart Andrew says the Tory leadership candidates are entitled to "stand up for what they believe in and put that forward to the party."
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00:00Look, I'm not going to comment on what each of the candidates are saying, it's for them to answer that.
00:05I'm very proud of the record we have in government of supporting people, parents, mothers and fathers.
00:13I think it is important that we offer that support, but it's for the candidates themselves to, you know,
00:20stand up for what they believe in and put that forward to the party.