Committee

Finance Bill Sub-Committee

Select committee Lords

What it does

The Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee considers aspects of the Finance Bill from the point of view of technical issues of tax administration, clarification and simplification.
This Committee is a Sub-Committee of the Economic Affairs Committee
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Members

The Lord Liddle Labour Chair
The Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted Liberal Democrat Member
The Baroness Fairhead CBE Crossbench Member
The Lord Leigh of Hurley Conservative Member
The Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town Labour Member

Recent outputs

Government Response Response by HM Treasury to the Inheritance tax measures: unused pension funds and agricultural and business property reliefs report 30 Mar 2026
Report 3rd Report - Inheritance tax measures: unused pension funds and agricultural and business property reliefs 28 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury to the Chair 12 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury to the Chair 9 Dec 2025
Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury 27 Oct 2025
Declarations of interest Declarations of interests 18 Sep 2025
Government Response Government response to the Research and Development tax relief, HMRC data requirements, promoters of tax avoidance and sentencing for tax fraud report 3 May 2024
Report 2nd Report - Research and development tax relief, HMRC data requirements, promoters of tax avoidance and sentencing for tax fraud 1 Feb 2024
Correspondence Letter from Nigel Huddleston MP Financial Secretary to the Treasury to Lord Leigh Chair of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee 5 Jan 2024
Correspondence Letter from Ayming UK to Lord Leigh of Hurley Chair of the Finance Bill Sub Committee 4 Jan 2024
Correspondence Letter from Nigel Huddleston MP Financial Secretary to the Treasury to Lord Leigh Chair of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee 3 Jan 2024
Correspondence Letter from the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) to Lord Leigh of Hurley Chair of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee 3 Jan 2024
Correspondence Letter from Victoria Atkins to Chair of the Finance Bill Sub-Committee: Government response to the Research and Development Tax Relief and Expenditure Credit report 13 Apr 2023
Government Response Government response to the Research and Development Tax Relief and Expenditure Credit report 13 Apr 2023
Report 3rd Report - Research and development tax relief and expenditure credit 31 Jan 2023
Correspondence Letter from Victoria Atkins MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury to Lord Leigh of Hurley, Chair of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee 21 Dec 2022
Correspondence Letter from Peter Downing, Deputy Director for Employment Status and Intermediaries Policy, HM Revenue and Customs to Lord Leigh of Hurley, Chair of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee 16 Dec 2022
Correspondence Letter from Thomas Brown, Senior Policy Adviser, Business, Assets and International, HM Revenue and Customs to Lord Leigh of Hurley, Chair of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee 1 Dec 2022
Correspondence Letter from Victoria Atkins MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury to Lord Leigh of Hurley, Chair of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee 28 Nov 2022
Declarations of interest Declarations of Interests 15 Nov 2022
Correspondence Letter from Lord Leigh of Hurley, Chair of the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee to Victoria Atkins MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury 11 Nov 2022
Government Response 9 March 2022 - Government response from Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury - off-payroll working follow-up inquiry 11 Mar 2022
Correspondence Letter from Lord Bridges of Headley, Chair, to Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury 10 Feb 2022
Government Response Government response - basis period reform and uncertain tax treaments 2 Feb 2022
Correspondence 14 January 2022 - Letter from HMRC regarding off-payroll working reform 26 Jan 2022
Report 2nd Report - Basis Period Reform and Uncertain Tax Treatments 15 Dec 2021
Declarations of interest Declarations of Interest 13 Dec 2021
Declarations of interest Declarations of Interest 13 Dec 2021
Correspondence 30 November 2021 - Letter from Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury, regarding Ministers' Interests 6 Dec 2021
Correspondence Letter from the Director of Counter Avoidance at HMRC regarding the report ‘Tax Compliance of HMRC Suppliers’ (29 April 2021) 29 Apr 2021

Source: the official committee page.