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Economic Affairs Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Economic Affairs Committee is a House of Lords permanent investigative committee charged with considering economic affairs.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report - National debt: it’s time for tough decisions
Inquiry How sustainable is our national debt?
HL Paper 5
Report
Response to this report
Letter from the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (15 November 2024)
Government Response
1st Report - Making an independent Bank of England work better
Inquiry Bank of England: how is independence working?
HL Paper 10
Report
Response to this report
Letter from the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (30 January 2024)
Government Response
Response to this report
Letter from Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, to the Chair of the Economics Affairs Committee (26 January 2024)
Government Response
3rd Report - Draft Finance Bill 2017: Making Tax Digital for Business
HL Paper 137
Report
Response to this report
Letter from Victoria Atkins MP, Financial Secretary at HM Treasury, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (20 July 2023)
Correspondence
Letter from the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee to the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (20 January 2025)
Inquiry Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness
Correspondence
Letter from Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment at DWP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (12 December 2024)
Inquiry Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness
Correspondence
Letter from the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (26 November 2024)
Inquiry Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness
Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

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3 December 2024
Inquiry Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness
Witnesses Alison McGovern MP (Minister for Employment at Department for Work & Pensions), Tom Younger (Deputy Director, Labour Market Analysis Division at Department for Work and Pensions), and Shaun Butcher (Deputy Director, Disability Analysis Division at Department for Work and Pensions)
Oral Evidence
26 November 2024
Inquiry Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness
Witnesses Huw Pill (Chief Economist at Bank of England)
Oral Evidence
19 November 2024
Inquiry Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness
Witnesses Professor Jonathan Portes (Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King’s College London), and Professor Ben Geiger (Professor of Social Science and Health at King’s College London)
Oral Evidence
Professor Mariana Mazzucato (Professor at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)), and DR JOSH RYAN-COLLINS (SND0043)
Inquiry How sustainable is our national debt?
The 99% Organisation -- a voluntary organisation aiming to reverse mass impoverishment in the UK (SND0029)
Inquiry How sustainable is our national debt?
The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies (SND0019)
Inquiry How sustainable is our national debt?

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  • 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