PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Taxis (29 March 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review the statutory framework for the hackney carriage and private-hire vehicle industry; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by:
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Asked by:
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Answer
At the request of the Department for Transport, the Law Commission has undertaken a comprehensive review of taxi and private hire regulation in England and Wales.
The Government is currently considering all the recommendations in the Law Commission’s report against the backdrop of a rapidly changing sector and will formally respond to the Law Commission and announce its intentions once this scrutiny is completed.
Answered by:
Andrew Jones (Conservative)
18 April 2017
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