PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Parliamentary Taxi and Private Hire Awards 2023 (5 June 2023)

That this House commends all drivers from across the UK nominated in the 2023 Parliamentary Taxi and Private Hire Awards taking place on Tuesday 7 June, sponsored by the hon. Member for Cambridge, who established them in 2019 and have been supported then and since by FREENOW, the mobility app; considers that the 37 individuals receiving this accolade play a vital role in and make huge contributions towards the life of the local communities they serve, frequently going above and beyond what we might reasonably expect of them for their customers as well as helping others both nationally and internationally through voluntary work, fundraising activities and other charitable doings; finds the stories that the nominations contain in both this and previous years humbling, including as they do, for example, the lives of passengers being saved due to the knowledge of their drivers of cardiopulmonary resuscitation; notes the important role these professional drivers play in assisting those with disabilities or other accessibility challenges, whether through age or infirmity, thereby rendering their lives just a little easier; and finally applauds all Members of both Houses who took the time to propose a driver.

Sponsored by:
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)