The Treasury Committee
The Treasury Committee is appointed by the House
of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy
of HM Treasury and its associated public bodies.
Current membership
Rt Hon John McFall MP (Labour, West Dunbartonshire)
(Chairman)
Mr Colin Breed MP (Liberal Democrat, South East
Cornwall)
Jim Cousins MP (Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
Angela Eagle MP (Labour, Wallasey)
Mr Michael Fallon MP (Conservative, Sevenoaks),
(Chairman, Sub-Committee)
Mr David Gauke MP (Conservative, South West Hertfordshire)
Ms Sally Keeble MP (Labour, Northampton North)
Mr Andrew Love MP (Labour, Edmonton)
Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East)
Mr George Mudie MP (Labour, Leeds East)
Mr Brooks Newmark MP (Conservative, Braintree)
John Thurso MP (Liberal Democrat, Caithness, Sutherland
and Easter Ross)
Mr Mark Todd MP (Labour, South Derbyshire)
Peter Viggers MP (Conservative, Gosport)
Lorely Burt (Liberal Democrat, Solihull),
and Susan Kramer (Liberal Democrat, Richmond Park) were
also members of the Committee during this inquiry.
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk. The Committee has power to appoint a Sub-Committee,
which has similar powers to the main Committee, except that it
reports to the main Committee, which then reports to the House.
All members of the Committee are members of the Sub-Committee,
and its Chairman is Mr Michael Fallon.
Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) from Session 1997-98
onwards are available on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/treasury_committee.
A list of Reports of the Committee in the present
Parliament is at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Colin Lee
(Clerk), Fiona McLean (Second Clerk and Clerk of the Sub-Committee),
Dominic Lindley, Andrew Staines and Adam Wales (Committee Specialists),
Lis McCracken (Committee Assistant), Mandy Sullivan (Secretary)
and James Clarke (Senior Office Clerk).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Treasury Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London
SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
5769; the Committee's email address is treascom@parliament.uk.
Media inquiries should be addressed to Luke Robinson on 020 7219
5693.
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