One problem is that the Government themselves do not even follow transparency. In the pre-Budget report, which is a large document, there are no proper figures on Northern Rock or RBS. I cannot get the accounts on those banks from the Vote Office—I have to get them elsewhere—because the Government have no intention whatsoever of revealing their own transactions to the House.
Pre-Budget Report
Proceeding contribution from
John Redwood
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 November 2008.
It occurred during Emergency debate on Pre-Budget Report.
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