Treasury Select Committee

The House of Commons Treasury Committee (often referred to as the 'Treasury Select Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of HM Treasury, with all of its agencies and associated bodies, including HM Revenue and Customs, the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Royal Mint, and so on.

Since 2010 the Treasury committee has taken on new powers, including the right to veto appointments to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, and has forced the Financial Services Authority to publish a detailed report into its handling of the collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland.^[1]

Membership

In June 2015, Andrew Tyrie was elected as the Committee's chair.^[2] The remaining members were appointined in July as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Andrew Tyrie MP (Chair)	Conservative	Chichester
Mark Garnier MP	Conservative	Wyre Forest
George Kerevan MP	Scottish National Party	East Lothian
Stephen Hammond MP	Conservative	Wimbledon
Bill Esterson MP	Labour	Sefton Central
John Mann MP	Labour	Bassetlaw
Helen Goodman MP	Labour	Bishop Auckland
Wes Streeting MP	Labour	Ilford North
Chris Philp MP	Conservative	Croydon South
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	Conservative	North East Somerset
Steve Baker MP	Conservative	Wycombe

Source: Treasury Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
29 November 2010	David Rutley MP (Conservative)	Macclesfield	→	David Ruffley MP (Conservative)	Bury St Edmunds	Hansard
4 July 2011	Chuka Umunna MP (Labour)	Streatham	→	Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour)	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Hansard
14 November 2011	Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour)	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	→	Pat McFadden MP (Labour)	Wolverhampton South East	Hansard
14 November 2011	John Cryer MP (Labour)	Leyton and Wanstead	→	Teresa Pearce MP (Labour)	Erith and Thamesmead	Hansard
5 November 2012	Michael Fallon MP (Conservative)	Sevenoaks	→	Brooks Newmark MP (Conservative)	Braintree	Hansard

References

↑ George Parker (26 January 2012). "Tyrie aims to bring 'Sun King' down to earth". FT.com. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
↑ "Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

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