I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend. The amendment asks simply that the nature and membership of any committee or sub-committee, and the reports of any such committee or sub-committee, should be made public. That does not fetter in any way the discretion of the OBR to set up those committees; it is merely part of the public accountability of the OBR to explain what it does and how it does it. It is quiet simple and I am not sure why the Minister is resisting it on the grounds that he has given.
Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Noakes
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 1 December 2010.
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Committee proceeding on Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill [HL].
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