Written questions

Budget November 2025

2026-05-17 · Treasury · HL195 · Official question

Lord Jackson of Peterborough

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 29 April (HL16703), what assessment they have made of the consistency with paragraph 9.1 of the Ministerial Code of the practice of pre-briefing the policies in the Budget

Answer

I refer the noble lord to the Answer on 29 April (HL16703). There are occasions where the Government will trail and/or announce policy ahead of a Budget to provide context and help the public understand major fiscal events. Any such communications are tig...