Paragraphs 9 and 10: Committees
114.Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 9 provides that the expert members of the Office shall constitute a committee to be known as the Budget Responsibility Committee.
115.Sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 9 provides that the non-executive members shall constitute a committee to be known as the Non-executive Committee.
116.Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 10 enable the Office to establish other committees and provides that those committees may establish sub-committees.
117.Sub-paragraph (3) allows those committees to include members who are neither members of the Office nor members of its staff. This allows the Office to establish committees and sub-committees consisting in part or whole of expert advisers from outside the Office, for example.
118.Sub-paragraph (4) enables the Office to determine terms for committee or sub-committee members who are not Office members or staff, with the approval of the Treasury.