In a public service career spanning almost 40 years the speaker, Professor Eric Sampson CBE, has tried to support the policies and plans of a large number of transport Ministers representing a range of political affiliations. During that time he has become increasingly concerned by the near-impossibility of requiring Ministers to take evidence-based transport decisions against a background of seven ‘management’ pressures which frequently pull or push in different directions:
Safety
Environmental Impact
Throughput
Accessibility and Inclusion
Integration
Privacy
Security
While at the same time they will be expected to follow their party’s political and financial agendas.
In this lecture he will reflect on the role of Ministers’ full-time official advisers – the Civil Service – and discuss with some real examples how difficult it can be to find a path between the different pressures when a real issue emerges.
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