| Heading: |
Taxis: Licensing |
| Question ID: |
1815321 |
| UIN: |
HL8732 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
318 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Spellar
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Lord Spellar
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, following Baroness Casey of Blackstock's National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, published on 16 June, what steps they are taking to reform the arrangements for taxi licensing. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-07 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answer text: |
The Department for Transport will legislate to address the important issues raised in the report, tackling the inconsistent standards of taxi and private hire vehicle driver licensing. We will work as quickly as possible and consider all options – includi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |