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 are given below.
What's new
Current inquiries
One-off evidence sessions
Completed inquiries
- Treasury committee publishes evidence given by FSA chairman Lord Turner on financial institutions – too important to fail inquiry.
- Scottish Affairs committee publishes a report on banking in Scotland.
- Treasury committee announced a follow-up inquiry into mortgage arrears and access to mortgage finance.
- Treasury committee - banking crisis
Oral evidence on 12 January with government-backed banks
- Lord EU sub-committee (internal market) - the better regulation agenda
Oral evidence on 14 December with BIS minister
- CLG committee - departmental annual report 2009
Oral evidence on 19 October with DCLG officials
Oral evidence on 2 November with ministers
- Treasury committee - February 2010 BoE inflation report on 23 February 2010.
- Liaison committee - six monthly evidence session with the prime minister on 2 February 2010.
- Tresury committee - November 2009 BoE inflation report on 24 November 2009
- Treasury committee - FSA annual report on 25 November 2009
- Lords Economic Affairs committee - The economic outlook on 24 November 2009
- Communities and local government committee - Communities and Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2009, and the performance of the Department in 2008–09
Committee report published on 5 March 2010 - Welsh affairs committee - proposed National Assembly for Wales competence order relating to social housing
Committee report published on 3 February 2010
- Treasury committee - credit searches
Committee report published on 22 December 2009
