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Procuring new trains

Inquiry by the Public Accounts Committee, 19 September 2014 to 26 March 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 13 October 2014: Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, Michael Hurn, Director, High Speed Rail and former SRO for both Thameslink and Intercity Express programmes, DfT, and Lucy Chadwick, former SRO for Intercity Express (currently DG International, Security and Environment Group), DfT
  • 13 October 2014: Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport (DfT); Michael Hurn, Director, High Speed Rail and former SRO for both Thameslink and Intercity Express programmes, DfT; and Lucy Chadwick, former SRO for Intercity Express (currently DG International, Security and Environment Group), DfT.