Select Committee · Transport Committee

Travel disruption

Status: Closed Opened: 5 Sep 2022 Closed: 12 Oct 2022

This is a one-off oral evidence session examining the causes and effects of disruption throughout summer 2022 in rail, air and sea travel, and considering the prospects of further disruption.

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
12 Oct 2022 Doug Bannister · Port of Dover, Lisa Tremble · British Airways, Mick Lynch · National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT), Miles Hubbard · Unite the Union, Paul Davey · Hutchison Ports (UK), Richard Scott · The West Coast Partnership, Simon Calder · The Independent, Sophie Dekkers · easyJet, Stewart Wingate · Gatwick Airport Limited, Tim Shoveller · Network Rail View ↗
14 Sep 2022 Adrian Witherow · Gatwick Airport, Doug Bannister · Port of Dover, Lisa Tremble · British Airways, Miles Hubbard · Unite the Union, Paul Davey · Hutchison Ports (UK), Richard Scott · The West Coast Partnership, Simon Calder · The Independent, Sophie Dekkers · easyJet, Tim Shoveller · Network Rail View ↗

Who gave evidence

11 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Doug Bannister · Chief Executive Officer Port of Dover 2
Lisa Tremble · Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Direct… British Airways 2
Miles Hubbard · Regional Officer Unite the Union 2
Paul Davey · Head of Corporate Affairs Hutchison Ports (UK) 2
Richard Scott · Director of Corporate Affairs The West Coast Partnership 2
Simon Calder The Independent 2
Sophie Dekkers · Chief Commercial Officer easyJet 2
Tim Shoveller · Chief Negotiator Network Rail 2
Adrian Witherow · Chief Operating Officer Gatwick Airport 1
Mick Lynch · General Secretary National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT) 1
Stewart Wingate · Chief Executive Officer Gatwick Airport Limited 1

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
2 Nov 2022 Correspondence from Chief Commercial Officer, easyJet, to Chair, relating to tr…
26 Oct 2022 Correspondence from the Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer, Bri…