Budget: Pre-announcement of Provisions

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:35 pm on 26 October 2021.

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Photo of Angela Eagle Angela Eagle Labour, Wallasey 12:35, 26 October 2021

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. It has taken me nearly 30 years, but I now find that I agree with John Redwood in his question. This is serious. As an Opposition, we cannot look in detail at the slew—the blizzard—of Budget announcements that have been going on week after week, because we do not have the OBR report and we do not have the detail. This is treating parliamentary democracy with utter contempt and the Minister should be completely ashamed of himself. He should have come to this House and apologised. His boss should have come to this House and apologised.