Tuesday 19th June 2018

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Manzoor Portrait Baroness Manzoor
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My Lords, we have plenty of time. It is the turn of the Lib Dem Benches.

Baroness Ludford Portrait Baroness Ludford
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My Lords, further to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Davies, is it not true that the OBR forecast budget deficit is twice our net EU contribution? We will also be making continuing payments for participation in EU programmes and agencies, let alone the £39 billion divorce Bill. Is not the Brexit dividend claim on the No. 10 website—which is a government website, not a Tory Party website—a breach of the Government’s duty to ethics, truth and accuracy?