Budget Leak Inquiry Debate

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Susan Elan Jones

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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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If the intention is to keep the shadow Chancellor’s speech off the lunchtime bulletins, I suspect that it will succeed, and who would blame the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Chris Leslie) for wanting to do that?

Susan Elan Jones Portrait Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab)
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Would the Minister describe it as a coincidence that the £3 million stealth tax on pensioners was one thing that was not leaked?

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.

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