For Labour, shadow chancellor Ed Balls said the report "underlines the short-sighted decision to abolish the regional development agencies in 2010".
For the Conservatives, shadow finance minister Paul Davies said the report should "ring alarm bells".
Shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve said the report confirmed the UK's status as the "cocaine capital of Europe".
Former shadow home secretary David Davis said the report should be published in full as quickly as possible.
Shadow transport spokesman Eric Pickles said the report showed Mr Byers' credibility had sunk to a new low.
But shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan said the report showed that the government had the wrong priorities and should be doing more to provide support in basic skills at primary level as well as strengthening English and maths teaching at secondary level and allowing all students to continue those subjects until 18.
Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said the final report was "damning" and accused the government of incompetence.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said he felt the report was "tough" on banks.
Shadow education minister Stephen Twigg cited a recent report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies as evidence of the impact of the government's cuts.
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna MP said the report "underlines the need for a full investigation and for government to look again at sanctions and whether the law can be tightened up to prevent this scandal ever being repeated".
But shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher, said the report was a "damning indictment of David Cameron's government".
But Shadow work and pensions secretary David Willetts claimed the report revealed Labour had let "the cat out of the bag".
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The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, described the report as a "wake-up call to government" and called for a clear action plan "to protect and support these children".
As MPs considered the Finance Bill, which enacts many measures in this year's Budget, at report stage on 5 July 2011, shadow financial secretary Chris Leslie said that a bank payroll tax could be incorporated within the government's bank levy.
As MPs debated the Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill at report stage on 22 November 2010, shadow Treasury minister David Hanson said Labour opposed the government's plans to scrap the scheme, which encourages parents to save for their children's future.
As MPs debated the Finance Bill, which enshrines in law measures in the 2011 Budget, for a second day at report stage on 4 July 2011, shadow financial secretary Chris Leslie said the issue was "critically important for many people up and down the country".
As MPs debated the Local Government Finance Bill at report stage on 21 May 2012, shadow local government minister Helen Jones said the government was being "wilfully blind" to the potential problems caused by the bill's changes to the way business rates are distributed, claiming the reforms could increase the north-south divide.
Shadow Minister for Health Stephen O'Brien said the report shed light on the delayed and "ill-planned" NHS IT programme which the government had "constantly tried to shield from public scrutiny".
Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg said while Lord Carlile's report shows that services have improved, they are still not good enough.
Shadow communities secretary Caroline Flint said the select committee's report showed the government's commitment to devolving power was "nothing more than a sham".
The Lessons To Be Learned report highlights "grievous mistakes" made by ministers, shadow rural affairs spokesman David Liddington said.
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg accused the government of trying to bury the report's recommendations.
Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox welcomed the government's response to a report he described as "the most damning we had ever seen".
During report stage debate on the bill on 2 December 2009, shadow business minister John Penrose said wording in the Equality Bill could mean employers discriminating in favour of minority applicants rather than handing out jobs purely on merit.
He also singled out Ed Balls, telling MPs the report was "as damning as it is depressing" for the shadow chancellor.
Shadow Home Office minister Diana Johnson said one aspect of the committee's report that raised eyebrows covered youngsters holding firearms certificates.
Shadow Secretary for Local and Devolved Government Affairs, Caroline Spelman, said the report reinforced the need for economic growth to be spread more evenly across the country.
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Although their tone remains critical, the auditors' report on the 1997 budget, published last month, was a pale shadow of the denunciations they have delivered in some previous years.
But that is just the beginning of an ambitious to-do list from the Fund, which starts from recognising, in the words of the staff report, that "incomplete economic and financial and fiscal integration is casting a shadow on the future of Economic and Monetary Union".
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley accused the government of trying to bury bad news by publishing the report on the day Tony Blair was expected to announce his resignation.
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