Meg Hillier is the Member of Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch and Chair of the Treasury Select Committee. The committee examines the expenditure, administration and policy of HM Treasury, HM Revenue & Customs, and associated public bodies, including the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority.

 

From 2015-2024, she was Chair of the Public Accounts Committee – the cross-party committee that scrutinises the value for money of public spending and holds the Government to account for the delivery of public services. First elected in 2005, Meg has been a Home Office Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.