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.
House of Commons
Alison McGovernLabour (Co-op)
30 March 2015
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This Bill would change the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 so that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) can scrutinise and certify the policy costings of political parties represented in the House of Commons. In plain terms, independent assessment of the cost estimates behind party policies would become mandatory, making the fiscal implications of manifestos and proposals more transparent.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons and had its first reading on 16 July 2014.
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16 Jul 2014
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.
