The move was recommended by Sir John Vickers in his report into banking, launched after the financial crisis.
The ICB, chaired by Sir John Vickers, has been set up to look at financial stability and competition.
There was even louder criticism when a broader review of banking, led by Sir John Vickers, published moderate interim recommendations in April.
But critics insisted that the commission had been too timid, an accusation that Sir John Vickers, the chairman of the commission, flatly denied.
However, our correspondent said Sir John Vickers and his commissioners had been successful in achieving most of their aims, and the UK's financial system would be overhauled.
The commission, chaired by Sir John Vickers, suggests splitting the country's banks into two parts, dividing their retail- and commercial-banking bits from the racier investment and wholesale sorts.
The ICB, chaired by Sir John Vickers, was set up in 2010 and is due to present a report in September 2011 on making the banking system safer.
The commission, chaired by Sir John Vickers, an independent-minded economist, also called for a big increase in the amount of capital held within these ring-fenced banks as a buffer against losses.
In fact, T he Independent Commission on Banking, led Sir John Vickers, released its final report last month on how the UK should restructure its banking sector to prevent another financial meltdown.
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Other candidates for the post included Bank deputy governor Paul Tucker, FSA chairman Lord Turner, Sir John Vickers, who led the government's recent review into breaking up the banks, and Santander bank's UK chairman Lord Burns.
Whereas the European Commission has already ordered a sell-off of more than 600 branches - meaning around 4.6% of the personal banking market - Sir John Vickers now says that should be pushed up to 6%.
Not to be outdone in pointy-headedness, the Treasury committee hears from the chairman of the Independent Commission on Banking Sir John Vickers about its proposals to insulate high risk banking activities from "utility" high street banks.
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The Vickers plan, based on the Independent Commission on Banking report led by Sir John Vickers, is designed to keep saver and business deposits from being compromised by the more speculative activities typically undertaken by investment banking operations.
All of which explains what some would see as the most significant watering down by the chancellor of the recommendations to reform banks that George Osborne received last year from the Independent Commission on Banking, chaired by Sir John Vickers.
Some may feel a tiny bit sorry for the four other eminences on that short list (Paul Tucker, Lord Turner, Lord Burns and Sir John Vickers) - because they now look like the chancellor's insurance in case Mr Carney said no.
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