The Transport Committee
The Transport Committee is appointed by the House
of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy
of the Department for Transport and its Associate Public Bodies.
Current membership
Mrs Louise Ellman (Labour/Co-operative, Liverpool
Riverside) (Chair)
Steve Baker (Conservative, Wycombe)
Sarah Champion (Labour, Rotherham)
Jim Dobbin (Labour/Co-operative, Heywood and Middleton)
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative, Spelthorne)
Karen Lumley (Conservative, Redditch)
Karl McCartney (Conservative, Lincoln)
Lucy Powell (Labour/Co-operative, Manchester Central)
Mr Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat, Torbay)
Iain Stewart (Conservative, Milton Keynes South)
Graham Stringer (Labour, Blackley and Broughton)
The following were also members of the committee
during the Parliament.
Angie Bray (Conservative, Ealing Central and Acton),
Lilian Greenwood (Labour, Nottingham South), Mr Tom Harris
(Labour, Glasgow South), Julie Hilling (Labour, Bolton West),
Kelvin Hopkins (Labour, Luton North), Mr John Leech (Liberal
Democrat, Manchester Withington) Paul Maynard, (Conservative,
Blackpool North and Cleveleys), Gavin Shuker (Labour/Co-operative,
Luton South), Angela Smith (Labour, Penistone and Stocksbridge),
Julian Sturdy (Conservative, York Outer)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No 152. These are available on the internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publication
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet
at http://www.parliament.uk/transcom. A list of Reports of the
Committee in the present Parliament is at the back of this volume.
The Reports of the Committee, the formal minutes
relating to that report, oral evidence taken and some or all written
evidence are available in a printed volume. Additional written
evidence may be published on the internet only.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Mark Egan
(Clerk), Farrah Bhatti (Second Clerk), Richard Jeremy (Committee
Specialist), Helen Agnew (Senior Committee Assistant), Adrian
Hitchins (Committee Assistant), Stewart McIlvenna (Committee Support
Assistant) and Hannah Pearce (Media Officer)
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Transport Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London
SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
6263; the Committee's email address is transcom@parliament.uk
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