The hon. Gentleman will notice that page 200 of the pre-Budget Report contains a line that sounds fairly innocuous:"““The uncertainty surrounding economic prospects in turn implies greater than usual risks surrounding the public finance projections.””"
Does he agree that that is Treasury-speak for a very serious warning about the optimistic forecasts in relation to the length and depth of the recession that the Chancellor made on Monday?
Pre-Budget Report
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 November 2008.
It occurred during Emergency debate on Pre-Budget Report.
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