The Transport Select Committee will tomorrow hold its second
evidence session on major transport infrastructure projects:
appraisal and delivery.
09:30, Wednesday 12 May 2021
Watch live
here
Billions of pounds of investment have been committed during 2020
to the UK’s transport infrastructure.
In the second session of the Committee’s inquiry on Major
transport infrastructure projects: appraisal and delivery, MPs
turn their attention to:
- National Infrastructure Strategy
- The role of infrastructure in the recovery from Covid-19
- A strategic framework for evaluating business cases
- Barriers to the delivery of major transport infrastructure
projects
- Skills
Witnesses, from 09.30:
- Nick Smallwood, Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure and
Projects Authority
- Jon Loveday, Director for Infrastructure, Enterprise and
Growth, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Elliot Shaw, Executive Director for Strategy and Planning,
Highways England
At 11.00:
- Graham Richards, Director of Planning and Performance, Office
of Rail and Road
- Simon Statham, Chief Technical Officer, Midlands Connect
- Ruth Humphrey, Head of Business Development and Strategy,
Siemens
- Alistair Baldwin, Author, Institute for Government &
Senior Specialist Transport Planner, Newcastle City Council
Please note that Parliament has stopped all non-essential visitor
access to both Houses due to the circumstances around
coronavirus. The session will be available to watch online, and a
transcript will be published on the website a few days
afterwards.
Further information:
Inquiry details: Major transport
infrastructure projects: appraisal and delivery
Committee membership:
, Chair (Con, Bexhill and Battle)
MP (Lab, Exeter)
(Lab, Brentford and Isleworth)
(Lab, Nottingham South)
(Con, East Devon)
(Con, High Peak)
(Con, West Dorset)
(Con, Lincoln)
MP (Lab, Easington)
(SNP, Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
(Con, Buckingham)
