00:00Last Wednesday, before the Chancellor had begun to give her budget speech, the Office
00:04of Budget Responsibility published their entire economic and fiscal outlook online.
00:09Let me be clear, Mr Speaker, this is a very serious breach of highly sensitive information.
00:15It is a fundamental breach of the OBR's responsibility.
00:19It is a discourtesy to this House and it should never have happened.
00:23The OBR rightly took full responsibility and issued an apology to the Chancellor later
00:28that day.
00:29They have now conducted an investigation into how the report was published prematurely
00:33and they sent their report, including their findings, to the Treasury and the Treasury
00:37Select Committee today at half past 12.
00:41The report states, and I quote, we are in no doubt that the failure to protect information
00:45prior to publication has inflicted heavy damage on the OBR's reputation.
00:50It is the worst failure in the 15-year history of the OBR.
00:55It adds that the responsibility for the circumstances in which this vulnerability occurred,
00:59and was then exposed, rests over the years with the leadership of the OBR.
01:03and the support of themetal
01:09of the OBR Plus fillip.
01:12The order of drunkenness is still, and is likely all-in-ATH
01:13and this is not just up to date.
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