LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Britain's Treasury Committee willconsider whether to quiz former HSBC Chairman StephenGreen over allegations some clients of HSBC's Swiss private bankevaded tax, a lawmaker on the panel said on Friday.
The Treasury Committee is due to hear evidence from currentHSBC Chairman Douglas Flint on Feb. 25, after the bank this weekadmitted failings in compliance and controls in its Swissprivate bank.
"If after hearing from Douglas Flint the Committee believesit needs more answers we will discuss calling Lord Green," JohnMann, a member of the Treasury Committee, said in a statement.
Green was chairman of HSBC from 2006 until 2010. He becameUK trade minister in 2011, and stayed in that role until 2013. Green has so far declined to comment. (Reporting by Steve Slater; Editing by Matt Scuffham andAlexander Smith)