A Bill to amend the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 to allow the Office for Budget Responsibility to scrutinise and certificate the policy costings of political parties represented in the House of Commons.
The bill would let the Office for Budget Responsibility check and certify the cost estimates of political parties’ policy proposals that are represented in the House of Commons. It would amend the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 to create this statutory power for the OBR. The aim is to improve transparency and ensure party policy costings are credible and reflect public finances honestly.
The bill is currently at its second reading in the House of Commons. If it advances, it will proceed to committee stage for detailed examination and then on to further readings, before moving to the House of Lords.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 16 July 2014 under the Ten Minute Rule.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
