Appointment of Spencer Dale to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England

Spencer Dale, Executive Director, Monetary Analysis and Statistics, and Chief Economist, Bank of England, gave oral evidence.

Draft Report (Appointment of Spencer Dale to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraph 1 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 2 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 3 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 4 and 5 read, amended and agreed to.

Summary amended and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the Sixteenth Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.

Written evidence was ordered to be reported to the House for printing with the Report.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 July at 9.30 am.