Transport Committee

15 September 2026

Committee House of Commons

00:02 - 00:46
Speaker 5
Order, order.  Welcome to this our fourth session of our scrutiny into the government's draft Heathrow expansion National Policy Statement.  I'd like to welcome Ashley Dalton MP who's joining us as a guest from the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.  We'll be hosting two panels this afternoon.  During our first panel, we'll be hearing about surface transport to and from Heathrow Airport, and on our second panel we'll be exploring the impacts of expansion on the local area and the planning policy aspects of the National Policy Statement. 

So could I ask our first panel of witnesses to introduce themselves, starting with Steve. 
00:46 - 00:57
Speaker 4
Thank you.  Steven Costello, Director of Heathrow Southern Railway Limited, the private company that's promoting a privately financed railway into Heathrow. 
00:57 - 01:03
Speaker 3
Afternoon, I'm Elliot Shaw, I'm Chief Customer and Strategy Officer at National Highways. 

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