§ Mr. Geraint DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he will announce the remaining appointments to the Commission for Integrated Transport; and if he will make a statement. [87395]
§ Mrs. LiddellI have today appointed Bill Bradshaw, Lawrence Christensen, Nicky Gavron, Stephen Joseph, David Leeder, Lilli Matson, Bill Morris, John O'Brien, Veronica Palmer, Mike Parker and Nick Reilly as members of the Commission for Integrated Transport.
They will be joined by four ex officio members: the Chair of the SRA (Sir Alastair Morton), the Chairman of the CAA (Sir Malcolm Field), the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency (Lawrie Haynes) and the Chair of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (Jane Wilmot).
I am pleased that the new Commission is now able to start work. We have brought together a strong and balanced team with the experience to provide practical and constructive advice on making integrated transport a reality. The ex officio members will bring the expertise of their own organisations, but we have otherwise appointed members not as representatives of particular interests but as individuals with a breadth of knowledge of transport and its impacts.
The 17-strong Commission will be a fresh and creative force in helping Government deliver the clean, safe, fair and efficient transport system the country needs. The Commission must build on the consensus established around last year's Transport White Paper, and I and my ministerial colleagues very much look forward to working with it.