How sustainable is our national debt?

Economic Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 8 Dec 2023 Closed: 25 Apr 2025 Parliament page
The Committee published its report on 10 September 2024. The Government responded on 18 November 2024 and the report was debated on 25 April 2025.
1 Report
10 Oral sessions
6 Letters
17 Events
Activity timeline 35 events
28 Jan
2025
Oral evidence
28 Jan
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
18 Nov
2024
Report published
10 Sep
2024
Report published
10 Sep
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
3 Sep
2024
Correspondence
3 Sep
2024
Correspondence
24 May
2024
Correspondence
21 May
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
14 May
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
7 May
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
30 Apr
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Committee Room G
Oral evidence sessions 10 sessions
28 Jan 2025
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Allan Monks · JP Morgan Dr Peder Beck-Friis · PIMCO Roger Bootle · Capital Economics
12 Mar 2024
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Bim Afolami MP · HM Treasury Ruth Curtice · Resolution Foundation Sir Robert Stheeman · Debt Management Office
5 Mar 2024
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Joseph Stiglitz · Columbia University
27 Feb 2024
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Erich Arispe · Fitch Ratings Stephen D King · HSBC
20 Feb 2024
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Charles Goodhart CBE FBA · London School of Economics (LSE) Olivier Blanchard · Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) Sir Dieter Helm · University of Oxford
13 Feb 2024
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Carl Emmerson · Institute of Fiscal Studies Peder Beck-Friis · PIMCO Sonja Gibbs · Institute of International Finance
6 Feb 2024
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Danisha Kazi · Positive Money UK James Smith · Resolution Foundation Julian Jessop · Institute of Economic Affairs
30 Jan 2024
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Dr Mohamed El-Erian · Allianz
23 Jan 2024
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Richard Hughes · Office for Budget Responsibility Tom Josephs · Office for Budget Responsibility
12 Dec 2023
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Martin Slater · St Edmund Hall, Oxford University Professor Jagjit Chadha · University of Cambridge
Title HC No. Published Items Response
1st Report - National debt: it’s time for tough decisions 10 Sep 2024 0 Responded
Correspondence 6 letters
3 Sep 2024 To committee Letter from the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee to Richard Hughes, Chair at the OBR (1 August 2024)
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3 Sep 2024 To committee Letter from Richard Hughes, Chair at the OBR, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (21 August 2024)
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24 May 2024 To committee 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)
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23 Apr 2024 To committee Letter from Richard Hughes, Chair at the OBS, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (9 April 2024)
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5 Mar 2024 To committee Letter from the Office for Budget Responsibility, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (26 February 2024)
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12 Feb 2024 From committee Letter to Richard Hughes, Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, from the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (12 February 2024)
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