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Reports
	17 October 2007	Thirteenth Special Report	The draft Local Transport Bill and the Transport Innovation Fund: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2006-07
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	17 October 2007	Twelfth Special Report	Passengers’ Experiences of Air Travel: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2006-07
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	17 October 2007	Eleventh Special Report	Novice Drivers: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2006-07
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	17 October 2007	Tenth Special Report	The new National Boatmasters’ Licence: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2006–07
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	3 August 2007	Ninth Report	The draft Local Transport Bill and the Transport Innovation Fund
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	26 July 2007	Eighth Report	Passengers' Experiences of Air Travel
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	24 July 2007	Ninth Special Report	The Ports Industry in England and Wales: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2006-07
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	19 July 2007	Seventh Report	Novice Drivers
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	19 June 2007	Eighth Special Report	The Government's Motorcycling Strategy: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2006-07
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	25 May 2007	Sixth Report	The new National Boatmasters’ Licence
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	3 May 2007	Seventh Special Report	Department for Transport Annual Report 2006: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
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	3 May 2007	Sixth Special Report	Transport for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: The Draft Transport Plan: Olympic Delivery Authority Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2006-07
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	29 March 2007	Fifth Report	The Government's Motorcycling Strategy
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	13 March 2007	Fifth Special Report	The work of the Civil Aviation Authority: Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2005-06
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	27 February 2007	Fourth Special Report	Local Transport Planning and Funding: Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2005-06
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	20 February 2007	Third Report	Transport for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: The Draft Transport Plan
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	15 February 2007	Fourth Report	Department for Transport Annual Report 2006
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	8 February 2007	Third Special Report	Bus services across the UK: Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2005-06
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	6 February 2007	Second Special Report	Roads Policing and Technology: Getting the right balance: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2005-06
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	29 January 2007	First Special Report	Passenger Rail Franchising: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2005-06
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	24 January 2007	Second Report	The Ports Industry in England and Wales
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	19 January 2007	First Report	Work of the Committee in 2005-06
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Oral and Written Evidence
	3 August 2007	Open Skies - The Draft EU-US Air Transport Agreement
Oral Evidence given by Mr Willie Walsh and Mr Stephen Ridgway. Mr Nigel Turner and Mr Lawrence Hunt. Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP and Mr David McMillan (HTML version) Written Evidence (HTML version) HC 395-i Purchase this title
	2 August 2007	The Eddington Transport Study
Oral Evidence given by Sir Rod Eddington, Government Specialist Transport Adviser (HTML version) (HTML version) HC 458-ii Purchase this title
	2 August 2007	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland
Oral Evidence given by Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Mr Brendan Magee, Mr Trevor Evans and Mr Clive Bennett (HTML version) Written Evidence (HTML version) HC 97-i Purchase this title
Uncorrected Oral Evidence
	24 October 2007		Departmental Annual Report 2007
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by:Department for Transport, Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State and Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, DfT: uploaded on 29 October 2007 HC 1104-i
	17 October 2007		The Public Private Partnership and London Underground
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by 2.45 pm Chris Bolt, PPP Arbiter; 3.30 pm Bob Rixham, Amicus National Officer, Brian Harris, Amicus Regional Officer, Unite; Gerry Doherty, General Secretary, Andy Young, Regional Organiser, Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), 4.05 pm Terry Morgan, Chief Executive, Tube Lines 4.35 pm Roger Evans AM, Chairman of the London Assembly Transport Committee: uploaded on 24 October 2007 HC 1081-i
	10 October 2007		Galileo: Recent developments
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP, Minister of State for Transport, Ian Woodman, Director, Maritime and Dangerous Goods and Elizabeth Duthie, Divisional Manager, Galileo Programme Division: uploaded on 15 October 2007 HC 1055-i
	18 July 2007		The draft Local Transport Bill
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for Transport, Steve Gooding, Director of the Road Pricing and Statistics Directorate Bob Linnard, Director of Regional and Local Transport Policy Directorate : uploaded on 20 July 2007 HC 692-v
	11 July 2007		The draft Local Transport Bill
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by 2.45 pm Peter Wilkinson, Managing Director for Policy, Research and Studies, Andrew Walford, Service Head for Environment, The Audit Commission; 3.15 pm Philip Brown, Senior Traffic Commissioner and South Eastern and Metropolitan traffic area, Tom Macartney, North Eastern traffic area and Beverley Bell, North Western traffic area, Traffic Commissioners : uploaded on 13 July 2007 HC 692-iv
	27 June 2007		The draft Local Transport Bill
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by 2.45–3.45 pm West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Martin Yardley, Chairman, West Midlands Chief Engineers and Planning Officers Group (CEPOG) Trevor Errington, Leader, CEPOG Local Government Association (LGA) Cllr Tony Page, Reading Borough Council Cllr Shona Johnstone, Cambridgeshire County Council Cllr Sylvia Dunkley, Sheffield City Council Cllr Malcolm Blanksby, Wycombe District Council 3.45–4.45 pm Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers (ATCO) Bob Saxby, Chairman Alan Hill, Chairman, ATCO National Bus Sub-Committee Local Government Technical Advisors Group (TAG) Jon Freer, Chairman of the TAG Transportation Committee Peter Morley County Surveyors Society (CSS) Colin McKenna, Head of Highways & Transport, West Sussex County Council Andrew Stokes, Passenger Transport Manager, Warwickshire County Counci l4.45–5.15 pm Community Transport Association UK (CTA UK) Keith Halstead, Chief Executive Brian Shawdale, Advice & Training Director GoSkills Peter Huntington, Chief Executive : uploaded on 28 June 2007 HC 692-iii
	20 June 2007		The draft Local Transport Bill
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Transport 2000, Stephen Joseph, Executive Director and Jason Torrance, Campaigns Director, RAC Foundation, David Holmes, Chairman, The AA, Paul Watters, Head of Public Affairs, Intelligent Transport Society for the United Kingdom (ITS UK), Neal Skelton, Head of Professional Services, ITS (UK) and Professor Phil Blythe, Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems, Newcastle University, Green Light Group (Institute of Civil Engineers, (ICE) and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, (CILT)), Martin Richards OBE, Member of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Road Capacity and Charging Forum and Member of the Green Light Group, Freight Transport Association, James Firth Manager for Roads Policy and Malcolm Bingham Head of Roads Policy, Road Haulage Association, Jack Semple, Director of Policy and Roger King, Chief Executive: uploaded on 26 June 2007 HC 692-ii
	13 June 2007		The draft Local Transport Bill
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by PTEG (Passenger Transport Executive Group) Mr Roy Wicks, Chair of PTEG, Director General South Yorkshire PTE Mr Neil Scales, Chief Executive, Merseytravel; Stagecoach Group plc, Mr Les Warneford, Managing Director, Stagecoach UK Bus; National Express Group plc, Mr Martin Hancock, Marketing and Development Director, National Express Buses; First Group plc, Ms Nicola Shaw, Managing Director, UK Bus; Arriva plc, Mr Steve Clayton, Group Managing Director, Corporate Affairs; The Go-Ahead Group plc, Mr Roger French, Managing Director, Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Co; Unite-The Union (The Transport and General Workers' Union); T&G - Mr Jack Dromey, Deputy General Secretary and Mr Martin Mayer, Passenger Transport General Executive Member; Transport and Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), Manuel Cortes, Assistant General Secretary; TravelWatch North West, Mr John Moorhouse, Company Secretary, Mr Paul Fawcett, Advisory and Research Consultant: uploaded on 15 June 2007 HC 692-i
	23 May 2007		THE TRANSPORT INNOVATION FUND
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Dermot Finch, Director, Centre for Cities, Mr David Frost, Director General, The British Chambers of Commerce, Mr Stephen Joseph, Director, Transport 2000;Sir Richard Leese, Deputy Chair, Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, Mr David Leather, Interim Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, Mr Graham Hughes, Director of Sustainable Infrastructure, Cambridgeshire County Council, Mr David Bull, Head of Transportation Strategy, Birmingham City Council, Mr Geoff Inskip, Chief Executive, Centro-WMPTA, The West Midlands Passenger Transport Authorities;Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Minister of State, and Ms Lucy Chadwick, Director, Regional and Local Transport Delivery Directorate, Department for Transport.: uploaded on 31 May 2007 HC 564-i
	16 May 2007		Passengers' Experience of Air Travel
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given at 2.45 pm by the Civil Aviation Authority Dr Harry Bush, Group Director, Economic Regulation Mr Richard Jackson, Group Director, Consumer Protection Mr Mike Bell, Group Director, Safety Regulation - at 3.30 pm by the Department for Transport Gillian Merron MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Ms Sandra Webber, Head of Civil Aviation Division Mr John Parkinson, Head of Aviation Security, Transec,: uploaded on 23 May 2007 HC 435-iv
	9 May 2007		Passengers' Experience of Air Travel
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Airport Operators’ Association (AOA) - Mr Robert Siddall, Chief Executive, Ian Hutcheson, AOA Security Committee Chairman, and BAA Director of Security; Mr Terry Morgan, Divisional Director for South East Airports; Manchester Airports Group (MAG) Mr Geoff Muirhead CBE, Group Chief Executive: Transport for London - Dick Hallé, Director of Strategy, Surface Transport, Richard de Cani, Head of Development & Planning, Docklands Light Railway, Edward O’Loughlin, Network Planning Manager, London Rail, National Express Ltd - Mr Mike Lambden, Head of Corporate Affairs, Mr Ian McInnes, Strategy and Planning Director: Disabled Persons’ Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC), Mrs Ann Bates, Deputy Chair: uploaded on 11 May 2007 HC 435-iii
	25 April 2007		Passengers' Experience of Air Travel
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Toby Nicol, Director of Communications, easyJet and Mr Jim French, Chief Executive, Flybe,Mr Geoff Want, Director of Ground Operations, British Airways, and Mr Barry Humphreys, Director of External Affairs and Route Development, Virgin Atlantic,Mr Lawrence Hunt, Chief Executive, SilverJet: uploaded on 3 May 2007 HC 435-ii
	16 April 2007		The Eddington Transport Study
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Sir Rod Eddington, Government Specialist Transport Adviser : uploaded on 19 April 2007 HC 458-i
	28 March 2007		Passengers' Experience of Air Travel
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Ms Tina Tietjen, Chairman, and Mr Simon Evans, Chief Executive, Air Transport Users’ Council; Mr David Marshall, Head of Policy and Communications, Mr Simon Bunce, Head of Legal and Member Services, and Ms Susan Parsons, Trade Relations Manager, Association of British Travel Agents; Mr Oliver Richardson, Regional Industrial Organiser (Aviation), and Mr Roger Sealey, Transport Researcher, Transport and General Workers’ Union. : uploaded on 3 April 2007 HC 435-i
	14 March 2007	The New National Boatmasters' Licence
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Andrew Crawford, Chair, Technical Committee (Serco-Denholm), and Mr Mark Ranson, Member, Technical Committee (Adsteam UK), British Tugowners Association: uploaded on 16 March 2007 HC 320-iii
	13 March 2007		OPEN SKIES - THE DRAFT EU-US AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Willie Walsh, Chief Executive, British Airways (BA), and Mr Stephen Ridgway, Chief Executive, Virgin Atlantic, Mr Nigel Turner, Chief Executive of BMI, and Mr Lawrence Hunt, Chief Executive of Silverjet, Mr Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport and Mr David McMillan, Director of Civil Aviation, Department for Transport.: uploaded on 20 March 2007 HC 395-i
	7 March 2007		The New National Boatmasters' Licence
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Ms Margaret Lockwood Croft, and Mr Malcolm Williams, Marchioness Action Group;Mr Mick Cash, Senior Assistant General Secretary, and Mr Paul Baker, Boatmasters’ Representative, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers; Mr Richard Flynn, Port of London Pilot, and Mr Dave Williamson, Liverpool Pilot, UK Maritime Pilots’ Association (Part of the T&GW); and Mr Roger Sealey, Transport Researcher and Mr Richard Crease, Coastal, Maritime and Towage, Transport and General Workers’ Union;Mr David Snelson, Chief Harbour Master and Mr Julian Parkes, Navigation Safety Management, Port of London Authority;Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, Minister of State for Transport, Ms Theresa Crossley, Head of Shipping Policy Division, Department for Transport and Mr John Astbury, Chief Executive, Maritime and Coastguard Agency: uploaded on 13 March 2007 HC 320-ii
	21 February 2007		The New National Boatmasters’ Licence
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by: Mr Colin Middlemiss, Clerk, and Mr Christopher Livett, Member of the Court and Past Master, The Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames; Mr Alex Hickman, Chairman, and Captain Scott Newton, Master of the Woolwich Ferry, The Watermen’s and Lightermen’s Practitioners’ Committee; Professor Alan Lee Williams OBE, Chairman, and Mr Jack Faram MBE, Honorary Director, Transport on Water Association,Dr Roger Squires, Deputy National Chairman and Chairman of the Navigation Committee, Inland Waterways Association,Mr Peter Hugman, Commercial Boat Operators’ Association, Captain John Percival, Member and Training Adviser, and Captain Heather Chaplin, Director, Association of Inland Shipping Operators.: uploaded on 27 February 2007 HC 320-i
	07 February 2007		The Government's Motorcycling Strategy
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr David Griffin, Deputy Chief Constable, Humberside Police, and Mr Phil Edwards, National BikeSafe Co-ordinator, Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO),Mr Kevin Clinton, Head of Road Safety, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents; Mr Don Matthew, Policy Advisor, Sustrans, and Mr Stephen Plowden, Transport Planner and Author,Dr Stephen Ladyman, a Member of the House, Minister of State for Transport and Mr Andrew Colski, Head of Vulnerable Road Users Branch, Department for Transport: uploaded on 15 February 2007 HC 264-ii
	24 January 2007		The Government's Motorcycling Strategy
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by: Mr David Short, Campaigns Manager, Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), Mr Craig Carey-Clinch, Director of Public Affairs, Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA) and Mr Nich Brown, Director of Research & Statistical Services, Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA), Mr Trevor Magner, Senior Government Relations Executive, British Motorcyclists’ Federation, and Ms Sheila Rainger, Campaigns Manager, RAC Foundation: uploaded on 30 January 2007 HC 264-i
	17 January 2007		Driver And Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Dr Stephen Ladyman, a Member of the House, Minister of State for Transport, Mr Brendan Magee, Chief Executive, Mr Trevor Evans, Deputy Chief Executive and acting Director of Vehicle Operations, Driver and Vehicle Registration and Licensing in Northern Ireland (DVLNI) and Mr Clive Bennett, Chief Executive, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA): uploaded on 23 January 2007 HC 97-i
	10 January 2007		The Draft Olympic Transport Plan
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Hugh Sumner, Director of Transport, ODA, Mr Wilben Short, Head of Transport, LOCOG, and Mr Howard Shiplee, Director of Construction, ODA: uploaded on 15 January 2007 HC 199-i
	6 December 2006		Transport Security: Travelling Without Fear
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Transport, and Ms Niki Tompkinson, Director of Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate, Department for Transport: uploaded on 12 December 2006 HC 96-i
	29 November 2006		The Department For Transport Annual Report 2006
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Transport, and Sir David Rowlands KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport.: uploaded on 4 December 2006 HC 95-i
Memoranda
	Roads Policing and Technology: Getting the balance right
	Memoranda
	Closure of Dft Websites
	Memoranda
	The Ports Industry in England and Wales
	Memoranda

Session 2005-06

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