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HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairAs will be clear, I agree with the right hon. Gentleman’s remarks about Richard Hughes’s contribution to public service. However, I disagree that the premature publication of the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairI want to be clear about what the OBR is required to do and what the Chancellor announced last week in the Budget. The OBR is required to produce two forecasts a year, and the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairThe right hon. Gentleman and I disagree on the role of the OBR. As a Government, we are committed to the OBR’s independence and its vital role as a core part of our political…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to point to some of Professor Miles’s comments yesterday. There has been a lot of discussion in this place about the £4.2 billion headroom…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairThe Chancellor set out at the Budget how important it is to increase our headroom. We have increased it to £21.7 billion, which is critical to reducing the cost of borrowing and…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairAs the hon. Lady will know, the process is now under way for an external recruitment of a new chair of the OBR. The normal process will be followed in terms of the Chancellor…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairI will not speculate on the outcome of the leak inquiry, but it is under way now, with the Chancellor’s support. The Government take our obligations to this House very seriously,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairAs I have made clear, the Treasury will be focused in the coming months on ensuring that we have stronger information security in the spring forecast and all future forecasts. It…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to draw attention to that. While the process around the Budget is important, what this Budget means for people across Britain is that we have…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairThe Chancellor has delivered a Budget that takes the challenges of this country head on, cuts the cost of living, continues to cut NHS waiting lists, cuts Government borrowing,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairLast week, the “Economic and fiscal outlook” was accessed prematurely ahead of the Budget. The Office for Budget Responsibility took full responsibility for this and conducted a…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairI thank the shadow Chancellor for his questions. As I made clear in my opening remarks, the decision for Richard Hughes to resign was a matter for Mr Hughes himself. I referred in…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, Madam Deputy Speaker, I give way to him week in, week out in this place, so I know pretty much what he is going to say. I do not have much time, so I…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe changes that we have set out to agricultural property relief are a fair way forward. They represent generous relief for people, while raising money for the public finances. In…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOh, go on then.02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe right hon. Gentleman may not have been here, but a colleague of his asked me that same question before. Unfortunately, I did not know the history of that story; I shall have…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care for opening the debate. Of course, today’s debate follows yesterday’s publication of the OBR’s…02 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsThe Chancellor chose on 4 November to be up front with people about the challenges we face. At the Budget, she chose to cut the cost of living, cut NHS waiting lists and cut…01 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsThe right hon. Gentleman talks about the energy profits levy. Let me be clear: we know that oil and gas have a role to play in our energy mix for many years to come. We want to…01 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsWhile the Government do not comment on movements in the bond market, it was very important to us to create that extra headroom in order to bring down the cost of Government…01 Dec 2025