Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry HM Treasury’s role in combating fraud

Witnesses Sir Tom Scholar (Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury), Catherine Lewis La Torre (Chief Executive Officer at British Business Bank), Cat Little (Director General Public Spending at HM Treasury), Gwyneth Nurse (Director General Financial Services at HM Treasury), and Patrick Magee (Chief Commercial Officer at British Business Bank)

Inquiry Russia: effective economic sanctions

Witnesses Neil Roberts (Head of Marine and Aviation at Lloyd’s Market Association), Elina Ribakova (Deputy Chief Economist at Institute of International Finance), and Dr Nigel Gould-Davies (Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at International Institute for Strategic Studies)

Work The work of the Financial Ombudsman Service (Regular evidence sessions)

Witnesses Nausicaa Delfas (Interim Chief Executive and Chief Ombudsman at Financial Ombudsman Service), and Baroness Zahida Manzoor CBE (Chair at Financial Ombudsman Service)

Inquiry Spring Statement 2022

Witnesses Dr Gemma Tetlow (Chief Economist at Institute for Government), Torsten Bell (Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation), and Paul Johnson (Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies)

Inquiry Spring Statement 2022

Witnesses Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer), and Dan York-Smith (Director Strategy, Planning and Budget at HM Treasury)

Inquiry Spring Statement 2022

Witnesses Richard Hughes (Chair at Office for Budget Responsibility), Andy King (Member of the Budget Responsibility Committee at Office for Budget Responsibility), and Professor David Miles CBE (Member of the Budget Responsibility Committee at Office for Budget Responsibility)

Work The Swift Review (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses John Swift QC (Independent Reviewer of the FCA’s supervisory intervention on IRHPs), David Capps (Partner at Ashurst LLP), and Nikolaus Grubeck (Monckton Chambers)

Inquiry Russia: effective economic sanctions

Witnesses Professor Jagjit Chadha (Director at National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)), Tony Danker (Director-General at The Confederation of British Industry (CBI)), Nathan Piper (Head of Oil and Gas Research at Investec), and Dr Amrita Sen (Director of Research at Energy Aspects)

Inquiry HM Treasury’s role in combating fraud

Witnesses Lord Agnew of Oulton (former Minister of State at HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office)

Inquiry Russia: effective economic sanctions

Witnesses Dr Justine Walker (Head of Global Sanctions and Risk at Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists), Natasha de Terán (Payments policy expert), Tom Keatinge (Director at The Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS), RUSI), and Neil Shearing (Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics)

Work The UK's tax burden (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses John O’Connell (Chief Executive at Taxpayers' Alliance), Suren Thiru (Chief Economist at British Chambers of Commerce), and Alfie Stirling (Director of Research and Chief Economist at New Economics Foundation)

Work The UK's tax burden (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Rhiannon Kinghall Were (Head of Tax Policy at Macfarlanes LLP), Stuart Adam (Senior Research Economist at Institute for Fiscal Studies), Professor Stephen Millard (Deputy Director for Macroeconomic Policy at National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)), and Jon Richardson (Head of Tax Policy at PwC)

Work Bank of England Monetary Policy Reports (Regular evidence sessions)

Witnesses Andrew Bailey (Governor at Bank of England), Ben Broadbent (Deputy Governor, Monetary Policy at Bank of England), Jonathan Haskel (External Member at Monetary Policy Committee), and Professor Silvana Tenreyro (External Member at Monetary Policy Committee)

Inquiry Future of Financial Services

Witnesses Christian Faes (Chair at Fintech Founders, and Executive Chairman and co-founder at LendInvest), Michael Moore (Director General at British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA)), and Stuart Williams (President at ICE Futures Europe)

Inquiry Jobs, growth, and productivity after coronavirus

Witnesses Roger Bootle (Chairman at Capital Economics), Professor Jagjit Chadha (Director at National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)), The Lord O'Neill of Gatley, and Ann Pettifor (Director at Prime Economics)

Work The work of HMRC (Regular evidence sessions)

Witnesses Jim Harra (Chief Executive, First Permanent Secretary and Accounting Officer at HMRC), Angela MacDonald (Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent Secretary at HMRC), and Penny Ciniewicz (Director General for Customer Compliance at HMRC)

Inquiry The cost of living

Witnesses Torsten Bell (Director at Resolution Foundation), Robert Joyce (Deputy Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies), and Tom Clougherty (Head of tax at Centre for Policy Studies)

Work Bank of England Financial Stability Reports (Regular evidence sessions)

Witnesses Andrew Bailey (Governor at Bank of England), Sir Jon Cunliffe (Deputy Governor for Financial Stability at Bank of England), Dame Colette Bowe (External Member at Financial Policy Committee), and Elisabeth Stheeman (External Member at Financial Policy Committee)

Inquiry Future of Financial Services

Witnesses Martin Coppack (Director at Fair By Design), Claire Tunley (Chief Executive at Financial Services Skills Commission), and Professor David Aikman (Director at Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance, and Professor of Finance (Practice) at King's College London)

Inquiry An Equal Recovery

Witnesses Kudsia Batool (Head of Equalities and Strategy at Trade Union Congress), Julian Jessop (Independent economist and Fellow at Institute of Economic Affairs), Cristina Odone (Head of Family Policy Unit at The Centre for Social Justice), and Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson (Director at UK Women’s Budget Group)