Source · Select Committees · Transport Committee
Recommendation 20
20
Not Addressed
Add Passengers' Council Chair to posts requiring pre-appointment parliamentary committee hearings.
Recommendation
To enhance and help safeguard the independence of the Passengers’ Council, we recommend that the Chair of its board be added to the list of posts for which our Committee is expected to hold a pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate. (Recommendation, Paragraph 57)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses working with local leaders through GBR business units and MSAs, but fails to address the recommendation to add the Passengers’ Council Chair to the list of posts for pre-appointment hearings.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract
Not Addressed
The Government agrees that the Passengers’ Council must be a robust, independent voice to champion the interests of passengers. The Council’s Board will be a key mechanism in ensuring the Council delivers this and the Government recognises the important role the Chair of the Passengers’ Council will have in providing leadership and direction. The Government also agrees that, as the Council will oversee the performance of rail operators including GBR in the context of the passenger experience, it is vital the Chair of the Board is suitably independent in order to properly scrutinise and hold these operators to account. As this recommendation is not legislative in nature, the Government will continue to consider this recommendation as part of the ongoing design process of the Council to ensure there is opportunity for the due consideration needed to take place. The Government will write to the Committee to provide a final response in the coming weeks. Accessibility
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