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Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill [Lords]

It has been dropped, and that is indeed something which we should come back to at another point. This time, on Report, we thought, ““Let's look as strategically as anybody could possibly want to,”” and having a growth mandate—a responsibility for growth and employment—and assessing the impact of Treasury policy seemed quite unobjectionable, at least to me when tabling the amendment. This time, on Report, we felt we should look at this as strategically as anybody could wish. Having this growth mandate—this responsibility for growth and employment and assessment of the impact of Treasury policy—seemed quite unobjectionable, at least when I tabled the amendment.