The Chair of the Committee, Louise Ellman MP, has said:

"There have been a number of changes in the arrangements for funding and delivering transport projects locally. We want to investigate the complex network of bodies involved in local transport decisions and find out how they work together both within and across local authority boundaries.

We are also interested in hearing about the different funding schemes that are available and the extent to which these meet local needs."

Further information:

• Report: Local transport expenditure: Who decides? (PDF, 2.85 MB)
• Terms of reference: Local authority decision making on transport spending
• Evidence session: Monday 10 March

This inquiry examines Richard Brown's review of rail franchising.

Further information

• Letter from Louise Ellman MP to Simon Burns MP dated 1 May 2013 following up issues raised at the oral evidence session on 24 April
• Letter from Simon Burns MP to Louise Ellamn MP dated 14 May 2013
• Terms of reference
• Written evidence
• Oral evidence

Further information

• Oral evidence
• Letter from Louise Ellman MP to Justine Greening MP dated 11 July 2012
• Letter from Patrick McLoughlin MP to Louise Ellman MP dated 20 September 2012
• Scrutiny Unit note: Differences in public sector transport spending across England

Further information:

• Oral evidence
• Coastguard, Emergency Towing Vessels and the Maritime Incident Response Group: follow up: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of 2012-13
• Terms of reference
• Coastguards, Emergency Towing Vessels and the Maritime Incident Response Group inquiry page
• Letter from Stephen Hammond MP to Loiuse Ellman MP responding to questions on the modernisation of HM Coastguard and BP-chartered vessel, Grampian Frontier dated 25 March 2013

The Transport Committee called for written evidence on the implementation of IMO and EU regulations on sulphur emissions by ships, and held oral evidence sessions looking into this matter in October and November 2011.

Further information:

• Letter from Stephen Hammond MP to Louise Ellman MP dated 17 May 2013
• Letter from Louise Ellman MP to Stephen Hammond MP dated 11 March 2013
• Letter from Louise Ellman MP to Patrick McLoughlin MP dated 25 October 2012
• Letter from Patrick McLoughlin MP to Louise Ellman MP dated 20 November 2012
• Report - Volume I(PDF Version)
• Report - Volume II(PDF Version)
• Government Response(PDF version)
• Call for evidence
• Oral evidence

The Transport Committee undertook an inquiry into the Government’s strategic framework for road safety, which was published in May 2011.

The Government’s vision for road safety is to ensure that Britain remains a world leader on road safety and that the relatively high risk of accidents amongst some groups, such as cyclists and children from deprived areas, is quickly reduced. The Committee will examine whether the strategic framework will fulfil this vision.

Further information:

• Letter from Stephen Hammond MP to Louise Ellman MP dated 20 March 2013
• Report: Volume I(PDF version)
• Volume II(PDF version)
• Government Response(PDF version)
• Terms of Reference
• Oral evidence

Found: Sebag Montefiore, Senior Masorti Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Labour Friends of Israel, former MP Louise Ellman

Found: in politics with several Jewish (and non- Jewish) MPs and Peers such as Luciana Berger and Louise Ellman