Budget Leak Inquiry Debate

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Kevin Brennan

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Budget Leak Inquiry

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Business of the House
Thursday 22nd March 2012

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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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.

Kevin Brennan Portrait Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab)
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By describing the systematic and orchestrated leaks as somehow an accident, does the Minister not realise that he and the Chancellor remind people of Captain Renault in “Casablanca” when he goes into Rick’s place and is shocked to discover gambling going on, even as he collects his own winnings? Is this approach not simply amoral, and should Ministers not have a higher standard around the Budget?

David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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I am afraid that if we were looking at the previous Government we could round up the usual suspects there, because there was plenty of leaking under them, but we heard none of the synthetic outrage from the Labour party then.

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