Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to commission technical advisory committees to oversee and review large infrastructure projects.

The Chancellor announced at the Autumn Statement 2016 that the Chief Secretary to the Treasury will chair a new ministerial group that will oversee the delivery of priority infrastructure projects.

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority has a mandate to ensure timely and cost effective delivery of the government’s infrastructure priorities alongside other major government projects and programmes.

The National Infrastructure Commission will help solve complex infrastructure problems by providing robust and impartial analysis of the country’s long-term infrastructure needs.