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Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

I know my hon. Friend listened to what I said in my point of order, so I would like to address the point to him personally. Section 5 states:

“Her Majesty’s Government shall report to Parliament for its approval”—

on the basis that it is accurate—

“an assessment of the medium-term economic and budgetary position”.

It is absolutely clear, unless he can tell me that this document was prepared since the controversy of the past few days, that this cannot be accurate and nor can it be a proper assessment. To report to Parliament something that is not accurate is quite an important and rather difficult problem for the Minister, is it not? What measures will he take to correct the position, so that Parliament can approve it on the basis of an accurate assessment?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
607 c1697 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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