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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 - 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 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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2nd Report - Where have all the workers gone? (20 December 2022)
Inquiry UK labour supply
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HL Paper 115
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Letter from the Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (26 May 2023)
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Letter from the Chair of the Economics Affairs Committee to Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (15 May 2023)
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Correspondence
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Letter to Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (15 May 2023)
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Government Response from the Department of Works and Pensions to the UK labour supply inquiry (April 2023)
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Oral evidence transcripts

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19 March 2024
Work Chancellor’s Annual Scrutiny Session for 2023-2024 (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury), Dan York-Smith (Director General, Tax and Welfare at HM Treasury), and Sam Beckett (Chief Economic Adviser, Head of the GES and Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury)
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12 March 2024
Inquiry How sustainable is our national debt?
Witnesses Sir Robert Stheeman (Chief Executive Officer at Debt Management Office)
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12 March 2024
Inquiry How sustainable is our national debt?
Witnesses Bim Afolami MP (Economic Secretary at HM Treasury), and Ruth Curtice (Director for Fiscal Group at HM Treasury)
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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
Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
217 published
Declarations of interest
Members of the House of Lords must declare relevant interests in committee work.
1 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