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Select committee inquiry

Spring Budget 2020

Closed

Treasury Committee · Opened 16 March 2020 · Closed 26 July 2020

Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

What the inquiry looked at

“The Treasury Committee will conduct post-Budget scrutiny, including taking evidence from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Office for Budget Responsibility and economists.”

The committee's words, from the inquiry page on parliament.uk ↗.

How the inquiry ran

Each dot is a dated item listed on this page, from the inquiry's opening on 16 March 2020 to its close on 26 July 2020.

  1. Oral evidence 3 sessions
  2. Correspondence 2 letters

Evidence

Oral evidence sessions 3

  • 18 Mar 2020Spring Budget 2020 - Chancellor of the Exchequer2 witnesses: Dan York-Smith, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MPparliament.uk ↗
  • 17 Mar 2020Spring Budget 20203 witnesses: Andy King, Professor Sir Charles Bean, Robert Choteparliament.uk ↗
  • 16 Mar 2020Spring Budget 2020 – Economists4 witnesses: Diane Elson, Linda Yueh, Paul Johnson, Torsten Bellparliament.uk ↗

Who gave evidence 9 witnesses

  • Andy KingMember of the Budget Responsibility Committee, Office for Budget Responsibility
  • Dan York-SmithDirector General, Tax and Welfare, HM Treasury
  • Diane ElsonChair, Women's Budget Group
  • Linda YuehFellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
  • Paul JohnsonDirector, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
  • Professor Sir Charles BeanProfessor of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE)
  • Robert ChoteChairman, Office for Budget Responsibility
  • Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MPChancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury
  • Torsten BellChief Executive, Resolution Foundation

Correspondence 2 letters