Committee
Economic Affairs Committee
Select committee
Lords
What it does
The Economic Affairs Committee is a House of Lords permanent investigative committee charged with considering economic affairs.
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Members
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The Lord Wood of Anfield
Labour
Chair
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The Baroness Penn
Conservative
Member
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The Baroness Wheatcroft
Crossbench
Member
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The Baroness Wolf of Dulwich DBE
Crossbench
Member
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The Lord Burns GCB
Crossbench
Member
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The Lord Carrington of Fulham
Conservative
Member
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The Lord Liddle
Labour
Member
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The Lord Petitgas
Conservative
Member
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The Lord Prentis of Leeds Labour Member
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The Lord Razzall CBE Liberal Democrat Member
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Butler of Brockwell KG GCB CVO
Crossbench
Member
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Newby OBE
Liberal Democrat
Member
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Reid of Cardowan
Labour
Member
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Cookham CH
Conservative
Member
Recent outputs
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 7th Meeting 14 July 2026 16 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (24 June 2026) 15 Jul 2026
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 6th Meeting 7 July 2026 9 Jul 2026
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 5th Meeting 30 June 2026 2 Jul 2026
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 4th Meeting 23 June 2026 25 Jun 2026
- Government Response Government response to the Economic Affairs Committee Fourth Report: Fortifying the fiscal framework 24 Jun 2026
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 3rd Meeting 16 June 2026 18 Jun 2026
- Declarations of interest Economic Affairs Committee Declaration of interests as of 16 June 2026 16 Jun 2026
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2nd Meeting 9 June 2026 11 Jun 2026
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes - annual session with the Governor of the Bank of England 2 June 2026 4 Jun 2026
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 1st Meeting 19 May 2026 28 May 2026
- Report 4th Report - Fortifying the fiscal framework 28 Apr 2026
- Declarations of interest Economic Affairs Committee Declaration of interests as of 24 March 2026 24 Mar 2026
- Government Response Government Repsonse to the Economic Affairs Committee Second Report: Preparing for an ageing society 18 Feb 2026
- Declarations of interest Economic Affairs Committee Declaration of Interests as of 6 January 2026 6 Jan 2026
- Report 2nd Report - Preparing for an ageing society 19 Dec 2025
- Declarations of interest Economic Affairs Committee Declaration of Interests as of 24 October 2025 29 Oct 2025
- Correspondence Letter from Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment at DWP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (17 April 2025) 28 Apr 2025
- Correspondence Letter from the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee to the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (20 January 2025) 20 Jan 2025
- Correspondence Letter from Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment at DWP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (12 December 2024) 7 Jan 2025
- Correspondence Letter from the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (26 November 2024) 16 Dec 2024
- Correspondence Letter from Richard Hughes, Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (13 November 2024) 19 Nov 2024
- Government Response Letter from the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (15 November 2024) 18 Nov 2024
- Report 1st Report - National debt: it’s time for tough decisions 10 Sep 2024
- Correspondence Letter from Richard Hughes, Chair at the OBR, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (21 August 2024) 3 Sep 2024
- Correspondence Letter from the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee to Richard Hughes, Chair at the OBR (1 August 2024) 3 Sep 2024
- Declarations of interest Declarations of interest July 2024 16 Jul 2024
- Correspondence Letter from Mike Keoghan, Deputy National Statistician for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics, ONS, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (23 May 2024) 24 May 2024
- Correspondence Letter from Nigel Huddleston MP, Financial Secretary at HM Treasury, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (18 April 2024) 30 Apr 2024
- Correspondence Letter from the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (16 April 2024) 23 Apr 2024
Source: the official committee page.