Three
more
ministers


have
been
appointed
at
the
Department
for
Transport
to
assist
transport
secretary
Louise
Haigh,
following
last
week’s
general
election.

All
three
new
arrivals
will
be
Parliamentary
under-secretaries.

They
are
Lilian
Greenwood,
MP
for
Nottingham
South,
Mike
Kane,
MP
for
Wythenshawe
and
Sale
East,
and
Simon
Lightwood,
MP
for
Wakefield
and
Rothwell.

Ms
Greenwood,
who
was
first
elected
in
2010,
has
served
on
the
Transport
Select
Committee
and
was
also
a
shadow
transport
minister
under
opposition
leader
Ed
Miliband
between
2011
and
2015.

The
appointments
follow
the
news
that
Network
Rail
chair
Peter
Hendy
has
become
a
minister
of
state
at
the
DfT.
The
detailed
responsibilities
of
each
minister
have
not
yet
been
published,
but
one
DfT
announcement
has
referred
to
Lord
Hendy
as
the
rail
minister.

Paul
Tuohy
from
the
Campaign
for
Better
Transport,
said:
‘We
welcome
the
appointment
of
these
able
and
passionate
new
ministers
to
the
Department
for
Transport
team.
We’re
particularly
pleased
to
see
Sir
Peter
Hendy,
who
brings
a
lot
of
external
experience,
and
Lillian
Greenwood,
former
chair
of
the
transport
select
committee,
given
prominent
roles
within
the
department
and
look
forward
to
working
with
them.

‘This
new
team
must,
in
the
words
of
secretary
of
state
for
transport,
“move
fast
and
fix
things”
by
addressing
the
future
of
rail
capacity
and
long-term
bus
funding
reform
as
a
priority.’