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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?
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HL Paper 5
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Letter from the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (15 November 2024)
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1st Report - Making an independent Bank of England work better
Inquiry Bank of England: how is independence working?
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HL Paper 10
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Letter from the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (30 January 2024)
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Letter from Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, to the Chair of the Economics Affairs Committee (26 January 2024)
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3rd Report - Draft Finance Bill 2017: Making Tax Digital for Business
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HL Paper 137
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Letter from Victoria Atkins MP, Financial Secretary at HM Treasury, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (20 July 2023)
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Correspondence

Correspondence

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Letter from Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment at DWP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (17 April 2025)
Inquiry Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness
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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
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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
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Oral evidence transcripts

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1 July 2025
Inquiry Preparing for an Ageing Society
Witnesses Richard Hughes (Chair at Office for Budget Responsibility), Prof. David Miles CBE (Member of the Budget Responsibility Committee at Office for Budget Responsibility), and Tom Josephs (Member of the Budget Responsibility Committee at Office for Budget Responsibility)
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Oral Evidence
24 June 2025
Work Governor of the Bank of England 2024-25 (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Andrew Bailey (Governor at Bank of England)
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17 June 2025
Inquiry Preparing for an Ageing Society
Witnesses Yvonne Sonsino (Partner and Lead on Total Wellbeing and Longevity at Mercer), and Carl Quilliam (Public Affairs Manager at Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD))
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Written evidence

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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?
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The 99% Organisation -- a voluntary organisation aiming to reverse mass impoverishment in the UK (SND0029)
Inquiry How sustainable is our national debt?
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The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies (SND0019)
Inquiry How sustainable is our national debt?
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
26 published
Declarations of interest
Members of the House of Lords must declare relevant interests in committee work.
3 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
47 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
4 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

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