Transport_Select_Committee
The Transport Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies.[1] Its powers, like those of other select committees, are provided for under standing order 152 of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons and its membership is limited to 11 members.[2]
Members, as of November 2023, are as follows:
Source: Transport Committee
Changes since 2019
The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[3][4]
Changes 2017-2019
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 February 2018 | Laura Smith MP (Labour) | Crewe and Nantwich | → | Grahame Morris MP (Labour) | Easington | Hansard | ||
| 8 May 2018 | Martin Vickers MP (Conservative) | Cleethorpes | → | Jack Brereton MP (Conservative) | Stoke-on-Trent South | Hansard | ||
| 29 October 2018 | Luke Pollard MP (Labour) | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | → | Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour) | Brentford and Isleworth | Hansard | ||
| 5 November 2018 | Iain Stewart MP (Conservative) | Milton Keynes South | → | Robert Courts MP (Conservative) | Witney | Hansard | ||
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.[5][6]
Changes 2015-2017
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2016 | Mary Glindon MP (Labour) | North Tyneside | → | Clive Efford MP (Labour) | Eltham | Hansard | ||
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[7][8]
Changes 2010-2015
- "Role - Transport Committee". parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
The Transport Committee is charged by the House of Commons with scrutiny of the Department for Transport. Its formal remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies.
- House of Commons (2021), Standing Orders of the House of Commons, accessed 28 October 2023
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- "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
- "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
- "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 8 July 2015.
- "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 511. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 June 2010.
- "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 513. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2010.
- "Labour MP Jim Dobbin dies aged 73". BBC News. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2022.