Commons Select Committee

Transport Committee

Chair: Ruth Cadbury

Scrutinises: Department for Transport

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.

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Current Members (11)

Active Inquiries (19)

HGV and coach driver facilities

ActiveOpened 3 Mar 2026

Road Safety Strategy

ActiveOpened 29 Jan 2026

Supercharging the EV transition

ActiveOpened 18 Dec 2025

Railways Bill

ActiveOpened 5 Nov 2025

Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration

ActiveOpened 24 Jul 2025

Car clubs and car sharing

ActiveOpened 23 Jul 2025

Skills for transport manufacturing

ActiveOpened 22 Jul 2025

Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles

ActiveOpened 16 Jul 2025

National Policy Statement for Ports

ActiveOpened 27 Jun 2025

Delivering major infrastructure: learning from HS2

ActiveOpened 27 Jun 2025

Heathrow Airport power outage

ActiveOpened 26 Mar 2025

Airports and economic growth

ActiveOpened 3 Feb 2025

Transport and the National Infrastructure Commission

ActiveOpened 6 Jan 2025

Work of Active Travel England

ActiveOpened 6 Jan 2025

Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bust

ActiveOpened 17 Dec 2024

Shadow Great British Railways

ActiveOpened 13 Dec 2024

Rail services and infrastructure

ActiveOpened 18 Nov 2024

Driving tests availability

ActiveOpened 18 Nov 2024

Work of the Secretary of State for Transport

ActiveOpened 31 Oct 2024

Recent Publications (20)

Letter to the Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport relating to updating DfT estimates structure, dated 17 March 2026

Correspondence

25 Mar 2026

Letter from the Minister for Roads, Department for Transport relating to an update on DVSA efforts to reduce waiting times, dated 12 March 2026

CorrespondenceDriving tests availability

18 Mar 2026

HC 437

Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport relating to updating of estimates structure, dated 2 March 2026

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to the publication of the Department's four common frameworks, dated 23 February 2026

Correspondence

4 Mar 2026

Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to the judicial review claim on Gatwick noise emissions, dated 19 February 2026

Correspondence

25 Feb 2026

Letter from the Minister for Rail, Department for Transport relating to lowering the minimum age to be a train driver, dated 10 February 2026

Correspondence

25 Feb 2026

Memorandum for Supplementary Estimate 2025-26 from the Department for Transport

Estimate memoranda

11 Feb 2026

Memorandum for Supplementary Estimates 2025-26 from the Office of Rail and Road

Estimate memoranda

11 Feb 2026

Letter from the Minister for Rail, Department for Transport relating to transfer of train operating companies into public ownership, dated 30 January 2026

Correspondence

11 Feb 2026

Letter from the Minister for Maritime, Department for Transport relating to publication of the Cranston Inquiry report, dated 6 February 2026

Correspondence

11 Feb 2026

7th Report - Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bust

ReportRail investment pipelines: ending boom and bust

10 Feb 2026

HC 575

8th Report - Railways Bill

ReportRailways Bill

10 Feb 2026

HC 1472

6th Report - Sifting of proposed negative Statutory instruments

Report

6 Feb 2026

HC 1679

Letter from the Minister for Aviation, Department for Transport relating to the Transport Security Act 1982, dated 27 January 2026

Correspondence

4 Feb 2026

Letter from the Minister for Aviation, Department for Transport relating to legislative changes in aviation security requirements, dated 26 January 2026

Correspondence

4 Feb 2026

Letter from the Minister for Rail, Department for Transport relating to the appointment of the Chair of British Transport Police, dated 27 January 2026

Correspondence

4 Feb 2026

Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to Northern Powerhouse Rail, dated 13 January 2026

Correspondence

28 Jan 2026

Letter from the Minister for Rail, Department for Transport relating to the Railways Bill, dated 21 January 2026

CorrespondenceRailways Bill

28 Jan 2026

HC 1472

5th Report - Engine for growth: securing skills for transport manufacturing

ReportSkills for transport manufacturing

28 Jan 2026

HC 1223

Letter from the Chief Executive, Office of Rail and Road relating to timetable changes on West Coast Main Line, dated 13 January 2026

Correspondence

21 Jan 2026

Completed Inquiries (3)

Managing the impact of street works

Closed6 Dec 20244 Mar 2026

Buses connecting communities

Closed28 Nov 20244 Mar 2026

Accessible transport: legal obligations

Closed2 Feb 20234 Mar 2026

Contact

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