Budget Leak Inquiry Debate

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Bob Blackman

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Budget Leak Inquiry

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Business of the House
Thursday 22nd March 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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I am not sure whether we are now getting complaints that we are briefing too much, or too little.

Bob Blackman Portrait Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
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Clearly, the most difficult job in Parliament is to respond to the Budget speech. If everything was leaked in advance, why did the Leader of the Opposition get it so spectacularly wrong?

David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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There is a theory that we might have wanted to help him, but I can assure my hon. Friend that that is not the case, although I can see the argument why the Leader of the Opposition might have wanted that help.

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