Select committee inquiries
Last update 19/09/08: any recent updates in this colour
Select committees examine the work of government departments. The results of their inquiries are public and many require a response from the government.
Details of key forthcoming, current and recently completed select committee inquiries are given below.
Current inquiries
- Environmental audit committee - greener homes for the future
Oral evidence given by the Home Builders Federation and National House Building Council on 20 May 2008
Oral evidence given by DEFRA and CLG ministers
Oral evidence concluded, report in preparation
One-off evidence sessions
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with the governor of the Bank of England on the August 2008 Inflation Report on 22 September 2008
- Liaison committee - six monthly evidence session with the prime minister on 3 July 2008
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with the governor of the Bank of England on the May 2008 Inflation Report on 26 June 2008
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with the governor of the Bank of England on his reappointment on 29 April 2008
Committee's report published on 7 May
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with the governor of the Bank of England on the February 2008 Inflation Report on 28 March 2008
- Communities and local government committee - one-off evidence session with Sir Bob Kerslake chief executive designate of the new Homes and Communities Agency on 18 February 2008.
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with the FSA on their 2006-07 annual report on 22 January 2008
- Liaison committee - six monthly evidence session with the prime minister on 13 December 2007
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with Bank of England officials on the November 2007 Quarterley Inflation Report on 29 November 2007.
- Communities and local government committee - one-off oral evidence session with the housing minister Yvette Cooper on the housing green paper took place on 9 October 2007.
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with Bank of England officials on the May 2007 Quarterley Inflation Report on 28 June 2007.
- Lords committee on the merits of statutory instruments - one-off evidence session with DCLG officials on the introduction of home information packs and energy performance certificates
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with Bank of England officials on the February 2007 Quarterly Inflation Report on 27 March 2007
- Treasury committee - one-off evidence session with Bank of England officials on financial stability on 1 February 2007
Completed inquiries
- Treasury committee - banking reform
Oral evidence given by Bank governor and economic secretary on 22 July 2008
Committee's report published on 16 September 2008
- Treasury committee - financial stability and transparency
Committee's report published on 3 March 2008
Government's response published on 10 July 2008
- Public accounts committee - Housing market renewal: pathfinders
Committee's final report published on 3 July 2008
- Communities and local government committee - the supply of rented housing
Written evidence submitted by the CML and others
Committee's final report published on 21 May 2008 - Environment, food and rural affairs committee - flooding
Committee's final report published on 7 May 2008 - Treasury committee - 2008 budget statement
Committee's final report published on 7 April 2008
Government's response published on 16 June 2008
- Communities and local government committee - existing housing stock and climate change
CML written evidence submitted in September 07
Committee's final report published on 2 April 2008 - Lords economic affairs committee - the economic impact of immigration
Committee's final report publishedon 1 April 2008
- Treasury committee - the run on the Rock
Committee's final report published on 25 February 2008
Government's response published on 10 July 2006 - Communities and local government - DCLG annual report 2007
Committee's final report published on 3 January 2008
- Lords regulators committee - UK economic regulators
Committee's final report (volume 1 and volume 2) published on 14 November 2007
- Treasury committee - the MPC of the Bank of England: ten years' on
Committe's final report published on 3 August 2007
Government and Bank of England responses published on 8 February 2008 - Environment, food and rural affairs committee - climate change: the "citizens agenda"
Committee's final report (volume 1 and volume 2) published on 13 September 2007 - Treasury committee - 2007 comprehensive spending review: emerging issues
Committee's final report published on 25 June 2007
Government response published on 25 March 2008 - Treasury committee - Budget 2007
Committee's first report (volume 1 and volume 2) published on 23 April 2007
Government response to first report published on 25 June 2007
Committee's second report (volume 1 and volume 2) published on 26 November 2007
Government response to second report published on 25 March 2008
- Public accounts committee - A foot on the ladder: low-cost home-ownership assistance
Committee's final report published March 2007
- Communities and local government committee - Department of Communities and Local Government Annual Report 2006
Committee's final report published March 2007
- Treasury committee - pre-Budget report 2006
Report published 25 January 2007
Government response published on 4 April 2007
- Treasury committee - financial inclusion
CML's written evidence
Committee's report Financial inclusion: credit savings advice and insurance published November 2006
Committee's report Financial inclusion: the roles of government, the FSA and financial capability published November 2006
Government's response published April 2007 - Communities and local government committee - planning gain supplement
Committee's final report published November 2006
Government's response published December 2006 - Communities and local government committee - affordability and the supply of new houses
CML's written evidence
CML's oral evidence
Committee's final report published in June 2006
Government's response published September 2006 - Treasury committee - European financial services regulation
CML's written evidence
Committee's final report published in June 2006 (which includes a transcript of oral evidence given by the CML)
Government's response published in July 2006
