Select Committee · Transport Committee

Railways Bill

Status: Open Opened: 5 Nov 2025 22 recommendations 11 conclusions 1 report

The Government has introduced the Railways Bill to Parliament to legislate for its commitment to unify network operations with infrastructure management under a single organisation – Great British Railways. The Bill is expected to go through ‘line by line’ scrutiny by a Public Bill Committee, which is separate to the Transport Committee. Given the significant …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
8th Report - Railways Bill HC 1472 10 Feb 2026 33 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
11 Recommendation 8th Report - Railways Bill Deferred

Publish an initial draft of Great British Railways' licence before Bill's Report Stage.

We welcome the Government’s original commitment to publishing the draft GBR licence before the Bill leaves the House of Commons. We urge the Government to publish at least an initial draft of GBR’s licence before the Bill’s Report Stage so that the draft can be subject to scrutiny by the …

Government response. The government agrees that the Passengers’ Council must be a robust, independent voice and recognises the important role the Chair will have. As the recommendation is not legislative in nature, the government will continue to consider it as part of …
Department for Transport

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
7 Jan 2026 Jeremy Westlake · Network Rail, Lucy Ryan · Department for Transport, Richard Goodman · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE · Department for Transport View ↗
17 Dec 2025 Bill Reeve · Transport Scotland, Fiona Hyslop MSP · The Scottish Government, Jamie Ross · Liverpool City Region, Jason Prince · Urban Transport Group, Mal Drury-Rose · West Midlands Rail Executive, Peter McDonald · The Welsh Government View ↗
10 Dec 2025 Alex Campbell · Transport Focus, Alex Robertson · Transport Focus, Anthony Smith · Independent Rail Retailers, Ben Plowden · Campaign for Better Transport, David Pitt · SilverRail Technologies UK Ltd, Emma Vogelmann · Transport for All, John Davies · Trainline, Sue Sharp · Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee View ↗
26 Nov 2025 John Larkinson · Office of Rail and Road, Maggie Simpson OBE · Rail Freight Group, Nick Brooks · AllRail, Stephanie Tobyn · Office of Rail and Road, Steve Montgomery · FirstRail View ↗

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
28 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Rail, Department for Transport relating to the Rai…
4 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, Welsh Governme…
26 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Leader of the House relating to the passage and scrutiny of the…
12 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to the introduction o…
30 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from the Chair of the Committee to the Leader of the House relating to t…