Appointment of Dr Ben Broadbent to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England

Appointment of Dr Ben Broadbent to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2011-05-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780215559791

Dr Ben Broadbent was appointed to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England on 7 March 2011, folloiwng the departure of Dr Andrew Sentance. The Treasury Committee took evidence from Dr Broadbent who, prior to his appointment, was a senior European economist with Goldman Sachs. The Committee is satisfied that he fulfils the two criteria for appointment to the Monetary Policy Committee: professional competence and personal independence.

Appointment of Dr Mark Carney as Governor of the Bank of England

Appointment of Dr Mark Carney as Governor of the Bank of England
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2013-04-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780215056955

The Treasury Committee has today published a report following the pre-commencement hearing it held with the next Governor of the Bank of England, Dr Mark Carney, on 7 February 2013. During the hearing, Dr Carney offered his views on the UK's future monetary policy framework. The Treasury Committee will report its conclusions, based in part on Dr Carney's evidence, in its forthcoming Report on the Budget. The Bank of England has taken on a wide range of new powers. Significant structural and cultural change is underway. Dr Carney will be responsible for overseeing it. In evidence to the Committee, Dr Carney set out his preference for a consensus-based approach to leadership; this will be significant if it leads to a meaningful change of culture within the Bank. The Committee wishes Dr Carney every success for his term as Governor. He will bring a wide range of skills and a great deal of experience to the role. Dr Carney's appearance before the Treasury Select Committee has set an important precedent. No previous Governor of the Bank of England has been subject to such a rigorous pre-commencement hearing. In future, they will be.

House of Commons - Treasury Committee: Re-Appointment of Professor Stephen Nickell to the Budget Responsibility Committee - HC 688

House of Commons - Treasury Committee: Re-Appointment of Professor Stephen Nickell to the Budget Responsibility Committee - HC 688
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2013-10-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780215062697

The Committee was satisfied that Professor Stephen Nickell has the profession competence and personal independence to be reappointed as a member of the Budget Responsibility Committee

Appointment of John Griffith-Jones as Chair-designate of the Financial Conduct Authority

Appointment of John Griffith-Jones as Chair-designate of the Financial Conduct Authority
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-01-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780215052438

John Griffith-Jones is to chair the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Although the FCA is a successor body to the Financial Services Authority (FSA), his is not a continuity role. The Committee believes that the FCA can be radically different from its predecessor under the new chair in at least four respects: He must restore the credibility of the conduct regulator. Although a great deal of time and effort was put into conduct matters, the FSA left consumers exposed to some of the worst scandals in UK financial history. The Committee expects Mr Griffith-Jones and his board to ensure that the new organisation adopts a radically different approach. It is noted that the PRA, which has assumed responsibility for most prudential aspects of the FSA's work, has done this, with its adoption of a move to judgement-based regulation.The FCA has different objectives from the old FSA: as well as having to ensure that markets work well, it has objectives with regard to consumer protection, the integrity of the UK financial system, and competition. The Committee has criticised the complexity of the objectives set out for the FCA in the Financial Services Bill; but Mr Griffith-Jones and the FCA's senior leadership will need to think about the inter-relationship of the FCA's objectives and how meaningfully to fulfil them. The Treasury Committee will engage in an oversight role of the governance at the FCA and with the commitments that Mr Griffith-Jones has made to the Committee, Parliament will expect the new FCA to respond to Treasury Committee requests for information promptly and thoroughly.

Appointment of Dr Donald Kohn to the interim Financial Policy Committee

Appointment of Dr Donald Kohn to the interim Financial Policy Committee
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2011-05-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780215559807

On its formation, the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) will be a Committee of theCourt of the Bank of England. It is an integral part of the Government's reform plans for financial regulation. Before the passage of legislation creating the FPC is complete, an interim FPC will be formed. External members of the interim FPC will have an important role in achieving HM Treasury's goals for the interim FPC. Dr Kohn has past experience of Central Banking, having been on the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors since 2002 (holding the vice-chair from 2006 to 2010). The Committee took evidence from Dr Kohn and was impressed by his frankness and rigour regarding the lessons he had learnt from the financial crisis and believe that this may enable him to make a particularly valuable contribution in the role. The Committee is satisfied that Dr Donald Kohn has the professional competence and personal independence to be an external member of the interim Financial Policy Committee.

Independent Commission on Banking Final Report

Independent Commission on Banking Final Report
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780215050649

Incorporating HC 1534, session 2010-12

Accountability of the Bank of England

Accountability of the Bank of England
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2011-11-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780215038531

In this report the Treasury Committee argues that governance at the Bank of England must be strengthened to reflect its new powers. The Court of the Bank of England should be transformed into a smaller, more expert Supervisory Board with its own staff. It should decide on the allocation of resources among the Bank's different areas of work and its minutes should be published. The Supervisory Board should have the power to conduct and publish retrospective reviews of Bank policies and conduct. The Board should also have a statutory responsibility to respond to reasonable requests for information from Parliament. The Chancellor should be responsible and accountable in a period of financial turbulence where public money is at risk, and in these circumstances the Chancellor should be given a temporary and limited power to direct the Bank. The Committee proposes a means by which this can be achieved without requiring the use of the 'nuclear weapon' of the 1946 Act, which would undermine Bank of England independence across the board. Other recommendations include: the Governor should be appointed for a single, non-renewable term of 8 years; thorough parliamentary scrutiny of the new macro-prudential tools to be given to the FPC at the time of their introduction; the Treasury should give guidance to the FPC that it adopt published indicators for defining and gauging financial stability; the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) should have a majority of external members.