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Rail safety inquiry

Inquiry by the Transport Committee, 14 September 2016 to 3 May 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Evidence sessions

  • 14 November 2016: Ian Prosser, Director of Railway Safety and HM Chief Inspector of Railways, Office of Rail and Road, and Simon French, Chief Inspector, Rail Accident Investigation Branch; Mark Carne, Chief Executive, Network Rail, and Graham Hopkins, Group Safety, Technical and Engineering Director, Network Rail (at 4.50pm).
  • 28 November 2016: Paul Plummer, Chief Executive, and Gary Cooper, Director of Operations, Engineering and Major Projects, Rail Delivery Group, and Dr George Bearfield, Director of System Safety, Rail Safety and Standards Board; Mick Whelan, General Secretary, ASLEF, Mick Cash, General Secretary, RMT, and Hugh Roberts, National Officer, Unite (at 4.50pm).
  • 16 January 2017: DCC Adrian Hanstock, Deputy Chief Constable, British Transport Police, and Mrs Charlotte Vitty, Interim Chief Executive, British Transport Police Authority.
  • 6 March 2017: Mike Hewitson, Head of Policy, Transport Focus, Stephen Locke, Chair, London TravelWatchRuth Sutherland, Chief Executive, Samaritans, Andy McCullough, Director of UK Policy and Public Affairs, Railway Children