The Transport Committee is inviting the public to suggest subjects for inquiries to take place later in the year.

Topics should relate to the work of the Department for Transport or one of its related bodies, such as the Highways Agency, Maritime and Coastguard Agency or Network Rail.

Committee chairman Louise Ellman MP said: "If you have an issue which you think we should look at we would like to hear from you. Please write to us, email, or submit your suggestion using our website.

"Your suggestions will be extremely important in shaping our future work programme. Once we have decided on which inquiries to hold we will publish all of the suggestions we received and what we decided in relation to each of them.

"That said I must also emphasise that the Committee does not take up individual cases and will not look at local transport issues or specific transport projects unless they raise issues of national significance."

Submissions should be 250 words or less and sent by e-mail to transev@parliament.uk.

The deadline for ideas is Friday, March 15, and it is anticipated this exercise will be repeated in 2014.