Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 98575

Department for Transport: Public Consultation

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department's consultations comply fully with the Gunning Principles in the future.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department, its executive agencies and arm’s-length bodies publish a large number of consultations and calls for evidence. The Department conducts consultations in line with the Government Consultation Principles. These state that consultations should...

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