1st Report - Operation Stack
- HC No.
- HC 65
- Published
- 1 Jun 2016
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 26 July 2016. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: Transport Committee
Operation Stack inquiry
Closed
Opened 5 Oct 2015
Closed 28 Nov 2016
Transport Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Government is right to seek a solution to the level of disruption caused by Operation Stack but the Transport Committee says more should be done to demonstrate that proposal for a lorry park will deliver, in its Operation Stack report.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 5 October 2015.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 1st Report - Operation Stack on 1 June 2016.
The government's response
Published 26 July 2016.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The Government states that it is progressing the new lorry area at Stanford West, and says it agrees with several of the Committee's recommendations on the appraisal of the scheme, while stating that a single site lorry area "remains the only viable solution".
- On the business case, it says the Department for Transport "is following the HM Treasury Green Book" and its own guidance, including Gateway reviews, a 5-part business case and costs over a 60-year appraisal period.
- It agrees that careful consideration of the cost-benefit ratios of alternatives should be part of its appraisal, but says a lorry area was "the best performing option" following evaluation by Highways England.
- It agrees with the Committee on assessing environmental and social costs. Highways England will "shortly begin a public engagement process" setting out the design, operation and impacts of the proposed site.
- It says the proposal "is not being developed in isolation", and that capacity is intended to be available on the site "by summer 2017".
Reports
- 1st Report - Operation Stack1 June 2016
Evidence
- 3 oral evidence sessionsLatest 11 April 2016
Recent activity
- 3rd Special Report - Operation Stack: Government response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2016–1726 July 2016, Report published
- 1st Report - Operation Stack1 June 2016, Report published
- Oral evidence session11 April 2016, Oral evidence
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2015 | Not recorded | Correspondence between Louise Ellman and Patrick McLoughlin regarding operation stack dated 22 October and 25 November 2015 |