Treasury Select Committee

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The Treasury Select Committee (sometimes referred to as the 'House of Commons Treasury 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 Financial Services Authority, the Royal Mint, and so on.

Contents 1 Membership 1.1 Changes 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Membership

Members are appointed by the full house on the nomination of the Committee of Selection, and should be representative of the state of political parties in the House of Commons. Members receive an extra allowance on top of their salaries for select committee duties.

The members of the committee, as of 10 February 2009, are:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Rt Hon John McFall MP (Chair)	Labour	West Dunbartonshire
	Nick Ainger MP	Labour	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	Graham Brady MP	Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West
	Colin Breed MP	Liberal Democrat	South East Cornwall
	Jim Cousins MP	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	Philip Dunne MP	Conservative	Ludlow
	Michael Fallon MP	Conservative	Sevenoaks
	Sally Keeble MP	Labour	Northampton North
	Andrew Love MP	Labour	Edmonton
	John Mann MP	Labour	Bassetlaw
	George Mudie MP	Labour	Leeds East
	John Thurso MP	Liberal Democrat	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	Mark Todd MP	Labour	South Derbyshire
	Andrew Tyrie MP	Conservative	Chichester
	Sir Peter Viggers MP	Conservative	Gosport

Source: Parliament Website

[edit] Changes

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

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
Jan 12, 2009		Siôn Simon MP (Labour)	Birmingham Erdington	→		John Mann MP (Labour)	Bassetlaw	Hansard
Feb 9, 2009		Stephen Crabb MP (Conservative)	Preseli Pembrokeshire	→		Andrew Tyrie MP (Conservative)	Chichester	Hansard

[edit] See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

[edit] External links

• Treasury Committee

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