Sixth Special Report
The Treasury Committee published its Tenth Report
of Session 2010-12, Budget 2011, on
9 April 2011, as House of Commons Paper No. 897. The Government
Response was received on 27 May 2011 and is published as Appendix
1 below. The Office for Budget Responsibility Response was received
on 9 June 2011 and is published as Appendix 2.
The response from the Government is in plain text
and the Committee's conclusions and recommendations are in bold
text.
The Government has not taken the opportunity to respond
to our comments in paragraph 4 of our Report about any leaks or
advance briefing of Budget measures. We call upon the Government
to do so. Good reasons have lain behind Budget purdah. The Government's
response should contain a clear undertaking that the Government
will not anticipate Budget measures by means of press briefing,
and that it will deal with any leaks of Budget measures with the
utmost seriousness.
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