Derek McDowell (Labour)

I support calls for a debate on the OECD report. However, I sometimes think we endow reports from abroad with far more importance than we should. The OECD is a group of fine economists but it never errs from right wing conservative orthodoxy and gives little thought to the social requirements of citizens. That remains the case whether reports have the imprimatur of the OECD or emanate from Paris. We should keep this in mind—