Select committee inquiries

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 Commons and Lords select committee activity during the current parliamentary session will be given below.

Forthcoming inquiries

Treasury committee - the Office for Budget Responsibility
Written evidence requested by 13 August 2010

Treasury committee - competition and choice in the banking sector
Written evidence requested by 6 September 2010

Work and pensions committee - impact of changes to housing benefit
Written evidence requested by 6 September 2010

Communities and local government committee - abolition of regional spatial strategies
Written evidence requested by 15 September 2010

Communities and local government committee - localism
Written evidence requested by 1 October 2010

Current inquiries

Treasury committee - June 2010 Budget
Oral evidence with the chancellor on 15 July

Treasury committee - Office for Budget Responsibility
Oral evidence with Sir Alan Budd on 20 July

Treasury committee - May 2010 Inflation Report
Oral evidence with Bank of England on 28 July

Treasury committee - financial regulation
Oral evidence with Bank of England on 28 July

Completed inquiries

Treasury committee - June 2010 Budget
Final report published on 20 July 2010