Treasury Select Committee

The House of Commons Treasury Committee (often referred to as the 'Treasury Select Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of HM Treasury, with all of its agencies and associated bodies, including HM Revenue and Customs, the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Royal Mint, and so on.

Since 2010 the Treasury committee has taken on new powers, including the right to veto appointments to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, and has forced the Financial Services Authority to publish a detailed report into its handling of the collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland.[1]

Membership

In June 2015, Andrew Tyrie was elected as the Committee's chair.[2] The remaining members were appointined in July as follows:

Member Party Constituency
Andrew Tyrie MP (Chair) Conservative Chichester
Mark Garnier MP Conservative Wyre Forest
George Kerevan MP Scottish National Party East Lothian
Stephen Hammond MP Conservative Wimbledon
Bill Esterson MP Labour Sefton Central
John Mann MP Labour Bassetlaw
Helen Goodman MP Labour Bishop Auckland
Wes Streeting MP Labour Ilford North
Chris Philp MP Conservative Croydon South
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Conservative North East Somerset
Steve Baker MP Conservative Wycombe

Source: Treasury Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date Outgoing Member
& Party
Constituency New Member
& Party
Constituency Source
29 November 2010 David Rutley MP (Conservative) Macclesfield David Ruffley MP (Conservative) Bury St Edmunds Hansard
4 July 2011 Chuka Umunna MP (Labour) Streatham Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour) Middlesbrough South and
East Cleveland
Hansard
14 November 2011 Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour) Middlesbrough South and
East Cleveland
Pat McFadden MP (Labour) Wolverhampton South East Hansard
John Cryer MP (Labour) Leyton and Wanstead Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) Erith and Thamesmead
5 November 2012 Michael Fallon MP (Conservative) Sevenoaks Brooks Newmark MP (Conservative) Braintree Hansard

See also

References

  1. George Parker (26 January 2012). "Tyrie aims to bring 'Sun King' down to earth". FT.com. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. "Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

External links

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