Evidence submitted to Parliamentary Committees

The Board's accountability to Parliament includes the obligation to provide written and oral evidence to Parliamentary committees when required. This obligation is common to the United Kingdom Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly of Wales.

22 June 2011
Written evidence provided to the House of Lords EU Select Committee into the European rail market and the role of the Channel Tunnel.

11 May 2011
Oral evidence given by Dr Bill Emery, Chief Executive, to the Public Accounts Committee on Regulating Network Rail’s Efficiency.

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15 September  2010
Oral evidence given by Dr Bill Emery, Chief Executive, along with Robert Devereux, permanent Secretary of DfT, to the Public Accounts Committee on Increasing Passenger Rail Capacity.

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28 October 2009
Oral evidence given to House of Commons Transport committee, on Priorities for Investment in the Railways,  by Bill Emery, Chief Executive, John Thomas, Director of Railway Markets and Economics, and Michael Lee, Director of Railway Planning and Performance.

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4 June 2008
Evidence given by Dr Bill Emery, Chief Executive, to the Public Accounts Committee on Reducing rail delays by better management of incidents.

5 March 2008
Mr Chris Bolt, Chairman, Mr Bill Emery, Chief Executive, and Mr Michael Lee, Director, Access, Planning and Performance, gave further oral evidence on "Delivering a sustainable railway: a 30-year strategy for the railways?" to the Transport Select Committee.

23 January 2008
Mr Chris Bolt, Chairman and Dr Bill Emery, Chief Executive gave oral evidence on "Delivering a sustainable railway: a 30-year strategy for the railways?" to the Transport Select Committee. Also sent written evidence in October 2007.

Should you wish to read the evidence submitted to these committees, both oral and written, you should refer to the respective websites.

Last updated: 9 November 2011