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Finance (No. 2) Bill

Proceeding contribution from Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 April 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.

The hon. Lady is aiming at the wrong target. The Chancellor, in his considerable wisdom, decided to make these forecasts independent and therefore set up the Office for Budget Responsibility. That is how

we know that we are competent. Indeed, Labour is desperate that the OBR should view its own figures. An independent body was set up to give these forecasts so that there was no legerdemain in what the Chancellor was doing.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
578 c817 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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