But we need to give people confidence. People are scared to have families, they’re worried about whether they can afford them, they’re worried about whether they will have

Since Badenoch made her comments, she’s now confirmed that she actually does "believe in maternity pay" and sees it as "a good thing". She claimed there was "some mischief being made on social media trying to misrepresent me" (despite her quotes being taken verbatim from the transcript).