Committees

Transport Committee

Commons Select Committee

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. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) using @TransportCttee

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Upcoming events

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Tuesday 22 April 2025
4:00pm Private
Private meeting 22 April 2025
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 23 April 2025
9:15am Public
Work of the Secretary of State for Transport - Oral evidence 23 April 2025
9:15am
  • Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP (Secretary of State at Department for Transport)
  • Jo Shanmugalingam (Second Permanent Secretary at Department for Transport)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

Past events

Wednesday 2 April 2025
9:15am Public
Heathrow Airport power outage - Oral evidence 2 April 2025
9:15am
  • Thomas Woldbye (Chief Executive at Heathrow Airport Ltd)
  • Alice Delahunty (President, UK Electricity Transmission at National Grid)
  • Nigel Wicking (Chief Executive at Heathrow Airline Operators' Committee Limited)
  • Eliane Algaard (Operations Director at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 1 April 2025
4:00pm Private
Private meeting 1 April 2025
Room 7, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 26 March 2025
9:00am Private
9:15am Public
Buses connecting communities - Oral evidence 26 March 2025
9:15am
  • Graham Vidler (Chief Executive at Confederation of Passenger Transport)
  • Judith Barker (Executive Director for Places and Connectivity at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority)
  • Martin Dean (Managing Director for UK Regional Bus at Go-Ahead at The Go-Ahead Group)
  • Stephen Rhodes (Director of Bus at Transport for Greater Manchester)
10:15am
  • Mrs Naomi Green (Managing Director at England's Economic Heartland)
  • Alistair Hands (Managing Director of Regions at Arriva Group)
  • Miriam Binsztok (Transport Co-ordination Services Manager at Cornwall Council)
  • Mr Damien Jones (Representative at Local Government Association, and Deputy Director for Transport Operations at Devon County Council)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 25 March 2025
4:00pm Private
Private meeting 25 March 2025
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House

Contact us

Please note: The Transport Committee examines policy issues relating to the Department for Transport and its associated bodies. It is unable to investigate, or adjudicate on, individual cases.

  • Email: transcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 2226/ Text relay: 18001 020 2226 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8895 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Transport Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA/ Twitter: @TransportCttee