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[Mr. Peter Atkinson in the Chair] — Stern Report (19 Nov 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: ...is Nick himself— "and what is his command of the truth? Is the Stern Review a complete revision of the economics of climate change"— over the past 25 years— "or is it merely smoke and mirrors? Is the Review substantive and authoritative or is it mostly hand waving?...I think the Report largely is the latter." So he said "smoke and mirrors". That speech was made in front...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (17 Mar 2005)

Mr Andrew Tyrie: ...ignore? That strikes me as absolutely extraordinary and it reveals the promise to put the forecasts out to the NAO for audit to be the political and confidence-tricking gesture that it really was. The Red Book is full of smoke and mirrors. Just over a year ago, the Prime Minister said that the cost of administering the public sector was falling as a proportion of total spending. Last...

Public Expenditure (21 Dec 1999)

Mr Andrew Tyrie: ...Policy Committee. With assistance from the Office for National Statistics, it should have the job of policing the definitions in the accounts and the crucial task of vetting the forecasts to smoke out ropy assumptions. The people who have considered these issues closely agree that the National Audit Office's auditing of forecasts is little more than a joke. I suspect that the NAO would...

Clause 1: Exclusion of Hereditary Peers (15 Feb 1999)

Mr Andrew Tyrie: Does the hon. Gentleman not realise that all-party consultation should not involve deals made below stairs or in smoke-filled rooms? At the beginning of a Parliament, the Government should announce that they want to act on the basis of all-party consultation. They should announce a public debate, a public inquiry and a royal commission—if they want one—that will also be public....