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Transport Committee

The Transport Committee is charged by the House of Commons with scrutiny of the Department for Transport. Its formal remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies.

What's on

Date Business
04 March 2013
4:35 pm
Subject: EU Rail
Witness(es): Brian Simpson MEP, Chair of the Transport and Tourism Committee, European Parliament, Keir Fitch, Deputy Head of Cabinet, European Commissioner for Transport and Sian Prout, Head of Unit – Single European rail area, European Commission; Lord Tony Berkeley, Chairman, Rail Freight Group, Richard Brown CBE, Chairman, Eurostar International Limited, Johann Metzner, Head of Transport Policy Europe, Deutsche Bahn AG, Jean-Pierre Ramirez, Railway Network Director, Eurotunnel and Nicola Shaw, Chief Executive, HS1 Limited; Rt Hon. Simon Burns MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
11 March 2013
4:05 pm
Subject: Disabled Access to Transport

Transport Committee future programme

Future inquiries

  • Marine pilotage: oral evidence concluded, report in progress
  • The work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA): terms of reference and call for evidence published on Tuesday 6 November. Deadline for submisions: 4 January
  • Land Transport Security: terms of reference and call for evidence published on Thursday 1 November. Deadline for submissions: 7 January
  • The effectiveness of legislation relating to transport for disabled people: terms of reference and call for evidence published on Friday 16 November. Deadline for submissions: 14 January
  • Access to ports: terms of reference and call for evidence published on Thursday 6 December. Deadline for submissions: 21 January
  • Rail franchising: terms of reference and call for evidence published on Thursday 10 January. Deadline for submissions Friday 25 January
  • Local authority parking enforcement: terms of reference and call for evidence published Thursday 10 January. Deadline for submissions Monday 25 March

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