Transport Committee
Commons select committee, since 3 May 1979. Its page on the Parliament website.
The Transport Committee is nominated by the House of Commons to scrutinise the Department for Transport. Its formal remit is to hold Ministers and Departments to account, and to investigate matters of public concern where there is a need for accountability to the public through Parliament.
Inquiries
- Delivering East West Rail (26 October 2026)
- Fare play? Government's role in ticketing and pricing (25 September 2026)
- Getting to work: transport connecting young people to jobs and training (21 July 2026)
- Safer journeys for women and girls (1 July 2026)
- Scrutiny of the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (24 June 2026)
- Work of National Highways (13 April 2026)
- HGV and coach driver facilities (3 March 2026 to 4 August 2026)
- Road Safety Strategy (29 January 2026)
- Supercharging the EV transition (18 December 2025)
- Railways Bill (5 November 2025)
- Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration (24 July 2025)
- Car clubs and car sharing (23 July 2025 to 3 August 2026)
- Skills for transport manufacturing (22 July 2025 to 21 July 2026)
- Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles (16 July 2025)
- Delivering major infrastructure: learning from HS2 (27 June 2025 to 4 August 2026)
- National Policy Statement for Ports (27 June 2025 to 21 July 2026)
- Heathrow Airport power outage (26 March 2025 to 4 August 2026)
- Airports and economic growth (3 February 2025 to 4 August 2026)
- Transport and the National Infrastructure Commission (6 January 2025 to 4 August 2026)
- Work of Active Travel England (6 January 2025)
- Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bust (17 December 2024 to 21 July 2026)
- Shadow Great British Railways (13 December 2024 to 4 August 2026)
- Managing the impact of street works (6 December 2024 to 4 March 2026)
- Buses connecting communities (28 November 2024 to 4 March 2026)
- Rail services and infrastructure (18 November 2024)
- Driving tests availability (18 November 2024)
- Work of the Secretary of State for Transport (31 October 2024)
- Motor insurance (9 May 2024 to 23 May 2024)
- Electric vehicles (7 May 2024 to 23 May 2024)
- Work of the Civil Aviation Authority (25 March 2024 to 17 April 2024)
- Volumetric concrete mixers (13 March 2024 to 23 May 2024)
- Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill (28 February 2024 to 24 May 2024)
- Work of National Highways (3 January 2024 to 23 May 2024)
- Air traffic control disruption (19 September 2023 to 8 May 2024)
- Work of the Operator of Last Resort (17 July 2023 to 20 October 2023)
- Strategic transport objectives (30 June 2023 to 24 May 2024)
- Future of transport data (30 June 2023 to 24 May 2024)
- National Networks National Policy Statement (24 March 2023 to 11 March 2024)
- Minimum service levels for rail (9 February 2023 to 4 December 2023)
- Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft (8 February 2023 to 13 March 2024)
- Accessible transport: legal obligations (2 February 2023 to 4 March 2026)
- E-scooters: follow-up (19 January 2023 to 13 March 2024)
- Rural connectivity (17 January 2023 to 13 March 2024)
- Our future transport (17 January 2023 to 17 October 2023)
- Rail services and infrastructure (9 January 2023 to 23 May 2024)
- Strategic road investment (20 December 2022 to 29 February 2024)
- Rail services disruption (6 December 2022 to 14 December 2022)
- Travel disruption (5 September 2022 to 12 October 2022)
- Work of Active Travel England (23 August 2022 to 14 November 2022)
- Smart motorways: progress update (12 July 2022 to 6 September 2023)
- Rail strikes (6 July 2022 to 11 January 2023)
- Work of the British Transport Police (4 July 2022 to 25 May 2023)
- Self-driving vehicles (27 June 2022 to 24 November 2023)
- P&O Ferries (23 March 2022 to 14 November 2022)
- National bus strategy: one year on (4 March 2022 to 22 June 2023)
- Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects (1 March 2022 to 20 June 2023)
- Great British Railways (19 January 2022 to 14 November 2022)
- Integrated Rail Plan (15 December 2021 to 13 July 2023)
- Fuelling the future: motive power and connectivity (13 December 2021 to 15 June 2023)
- Road freight supply chain (27 October 2021 to 16 November 2022)
Organisations it has heard from most
- Department for Transport (79)
- Network Rail (12)
- Transport Focus (10)
- HS2 Ltd (9)
- Transport for the North (9)
- Civil Aviation Authority (8)
- Confederation of Passenger Transport (7)
- Local Government Association (7)
- Logistics UK (7)
- Rail Delivery Group (7)
- Road Haulage Association (7)
- National Highways (6)
- National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT) (6)
- Rail Freight Group (6)
- Railway Industry Association (6)