Committees

Economic Affairs Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Economic Affairs Committee is one of the five permanent investigative committees in the House of Lords and is charged with considering economic affairs

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For information about the work of committees before 2020 please go to inquiries before 2020 and publications before 2020. For information on former committees before 2020, please visit former committees.

Inquiry

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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The economics of Universal Credit
Opened 6 February 2020

Non-inquiry work

Regular evidence sessions
Some committees take evidence from certain officeholders or organisations on a regular basis outside the structure of an inquiry.

Latest news

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Will Universal Credit change in light of Covid-19?
Economic Affairs Committee takes evidence on Universal Credit on Tuesday 2 June at 3.00pm
29 May 2020
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Universal Credit claimants give evidence on lived experience
Economic Affairs Committee takes evidence on Universal Credit on Tuesday 26 May at 3pm
22 May 2020
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Rishi Sunak on the economy and lessons learnt from the Covid-19 crisis
Economic Affairs Committee takes evidence from the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 19 May 3.00pm
15 May 2020

Upcoming events

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Formal meeting (private meeting)
14 July 2020 - 3pm
Formal meeting (private meeting)
21 July 2020 - 3pm to 5pm

Latest publications

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Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP (15 June 2020)
Inquiry Social care funding in England
Committees Economic Affairs Committee
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Correspondence
Letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, to the Chair (5 June 2020)
Work Chancellor of the Exchequer (Regular evidence sessions)
Committees Economic Affairs Committee
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Correspondence
Letter from the Institute for Fiscal Studies to the Committee on Universal Credit costings (8 June 2020)
Inquiry The economics of Universal Credit
Committees Economic Affairs Committee
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Correspondence

Contact us

  • Email: economicaffairs@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 5358 (committee staff) | 020 7219 6640 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Economic Affairs Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW