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Office for Budget Responsibility

Put that it had previously been said that the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) would be able to question the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) but that the Chancellor said yesterday the TSC could have the power of veto over the Chancellor’s candidate, the PMS said that the two things were entirely consistent; the TSC had the right to call the OBR to give evidence and they also had the power of veto.

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