Treasury Committee elected in time for Autumn Budget scrutiny

Led by Meg Hillier

Members of the House of Commons’ Treasury Committee have formally been appointed, a day before Chancellor Rachel Reeves presents her first major fiscal event to Parliament.

Reflecting the composition of seats in the lower chamber, Labour MPs hold seven of the 11 committee places, with chair Meg Hillier, whose appointment was confirmed in September, set to lead the committee.  Joining Hillier will be her Labour colleagues Rachel Blake, Siobhain McDonagh, Lola McEvoy, Lucy Rigby, Jeevun Sandher and Yuan Yang.  Liberal Democrat duo Chris Coghlan and Bobby Dean and Conservative representatives Harriet Baldwin, ex-committee chair and a former JP Morgan pension fund manager, and John Glen, make up the remaining four spots.  Meg Hillier appointed as chair of...