[obpress] NEWS FROM OPEN BRITAIN: Doughty - "Ministers should act on Chote's advice" and end Brexit secrecy
- From: Adrian McMenamin <adrian.mcmenamin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Adrian McMenamin <adrian.mcmenamin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 17:02:39 +0000
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE, TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2018
Doughty – “Ministers should act on Chote’s advice” and end Brexit secrecy
Robert Chote, chair of the OBR, today (Tuesday) told the Institute for
Government that the Treasury should have published their assessment of the
impact of different Brexit scenarios.
Instead the government have only – after losing a vote in the Commons – agreed
to release the studies to MPs.
Commenting, Stephen Doughty MP, leading supporter of the Open Britain campaign,
said:
“Parliament created the OBR to provide independent, objective economic
forecasting advice. And when the chair of the OBR offers such advice, ministers
should act upon it.
“So when Robert Chote says that the Treasury should have published its
forecasts for the impact of Brexit on the economy, the Chancellor and Prime
Minister should now do just that.
“The current proposal – that MPs alone should see the report – just is not good
enough. Taxpayers have paid for this work to be done and should be able to see
it.
“The longer the government refuse to release this information the more we are
right to ask what have they got to hide?”
/ends
Notes to editors
Robert Chote can be seen in the video accompanying this report:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-secret-forecasts-analysis-obr-robert-chote-institute-for-government-a8197136.html
For all media enquiries and bids, call Adrian McMenamin on 07812 766017. When
using this quote, please reference the Open Britain campaign.
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