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.

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.

October 2007
Written evidence providing some general background on the challenges faced by rail freight and ORR's role in the regulation of rail freight.

12 June 2007
Dr Bill Emery, Chief Executive, gave evidence to House of Lords select committee on Regulators on ORR’s approach to using consultations. This was supported by written evidence given by the industry and the Department for Transport.

8 January 2007
Evidence given to Public Accounts Committee on The Modernisation of the West Coast Main Line by Dr Bill Emery, Chief Executive and Michael Beswick, Director of Rail Policy.

19 July 2006
Dr Bill Emery, Chief Executive, Mr Michael Beswick, Director of Rail Policy, and Mr Brian Kogan, Deputy  Director, Rail Markets, Passengers and Freight, gave oral evidence on "How fair are the fares? Train fares and ticketing".

2 February 2006
Mr Chris Bolt, Chairman, gave evidence to the Public Accounts Committee, on "Maintaining and improving Britain's railway stations".

23 November 2005
Mr Chris Bolt, Chairman, and Mr Michael Beswick, Director of Rail Policy, gave oral evidence on "Train Fares and Ticketing"

29 October 2003
Evidence to the Transport Select Committee on the 2003 interim review of access charges.

22 October 2003
Evidence to the Transport Select Committee to provide international comparators for the Committee's inquiry into "The future of rail in the United Kingdom.

15 May 2002
Evidence to the Scottish Parliament Transport and the Environment Committee in respect of its inquiry into the Rail Industry in Scotland. This included the submission of both written evidence and supplementary evidence.

7 November 2001
Evidence in respect of Passenger Rail Franchising and the Future of Railway Infrastructure to the Transport Sub-committee. This included the submission of both written and oral evidence and also supplementary written evidence.

12 December 2000
Due to the impending publication of the periodic review of Railtrack's access charges, the regulator returned to the Committee to give further evidence on the financial aspects of this review. This included the submission of supplementary written evidence.

12 July 2000
Evidence in respect of Rail Investment: Renewal, Maintenance and Development of the National Rail Network to the Transport Committee of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs, for which written evidence had been submitted beforehand. Supplementary written evidence was also submitted to the Committee after the hearing.

24 May 2000
Evidence in respect of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report entitled Ensuring that Railtrack Maintain and Renew the Railway Network to the Public Accounts Committee. Following the hearing, supplementary written evidence was also submitted to the Committee.

23 June 1999
Evidence to the Transport Committee of the House of Commons' Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee for its report on railway regulation.

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

Last updated: 8 January 2008

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