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Lords Chamber
E-bikes - Tue 11 Jul 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) The DVSA has a market surveillance programme to make sure that e-bikes on sale meet the standards that - Speech Link
2: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) They overtake taxis, their riders never have helmets, they have no registration numbers—they are an absolute - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Electronic Cigarettes - Thu 29 Jun 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (CON - Harborough) , and review the rules on issuing fines to shops selling vapes to under-18s, to allow local trading standards - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Victims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 27 Jun 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) is focused on improving support services for victims of crime and increasing oversight to drive up standards - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (LAB - Rotherham) She was trafficked around Yorkshire by H, being picked up in taxis and taken to properties to be raped - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Road User Charging Schemes - Mon 26 Jun 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) Nearly half the licensed taxi fleet is now zero-emission capable, and within a decade, all licensed taxis - Speech Link
2: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) Many of my constituents who drive taxis will share my right hon. Friend’s concerns. - Speech Link
3: Gill Furniss (LAB - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) We will enshrine World Health Organisation standards for air quality in UK law and act quickly to bring - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 May 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (LAB - Life peer) as RICS technical standards. - Speech Link
2: None The licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles by lower-tier authorities means that there are currently - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) There will never be an integration of ticketing for obvious reasons of affordability; the cost of taxis - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations 2023 - Tue 16 May 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) from day one in arbitrating on passenger complaints and referring them to the Driver & Vehicle Standards - Speech Link
2: Lord Holmes of Richmond (CON - Life peer) inform the Grand Committee what research has been undertaken on the impact of journeys moving from cars, taxis - Speech Link
3: Lord Tunnicliffe (LAB - Life peer) The reason why we were so successful is that we would have rules, standards and all that sort of stuff - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Public Transport in Towns and Cities - Mon 17 Apr 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (CON - Life peer) cities.The Government gave a pledge when elected to bring public transport in towns and cities up to the standards - Speech Link
2: Lord Haselhurst (CON - Life peer) They can raise standards and ensure the importance of place, space and design.These large authorities - Speech Link
3: Lord Grocott (LAB - Life peer) that, in their levelling-up White Paper,“the Government set itself the mission of, by 2030, bringing standards - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Electric Vehicles: Infrastructure - Wed 22 Feb 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) There is little point rushing forward with higher, new and better standards if our infrastructure cannot - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) carbon emissions, with more than half of emissions from domestic transport coming from private cars and taxis - Speech Link
3: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) experience, many have called for stronger regulation to standardise payment methods, and set minimum standards - Speech Link
4: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) We are pleased to see that charge point operators are already considering how to incorporate these standards - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
2nd reading: Part 2 - Tue 21 Feb 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bryan of Partick (LAB - Life peer) If the public had to choose between the Government and workers to set minimum standards for essential - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) rhetoric from the Government and across the House about levelling up: about improving the lives and living standards - Speech Link
3: Lord Fox (LDEM - Life peer) Minister, the bosses, or even the union leaders who will be sacked in the morning if the Government’s standards - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) Mark Phillips, the chief executive officer of the Railway Safety and Standards Board, told a fringe meeting - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Violence Against Women and Girls: Sentencing - Wed 01 Feb 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) Act 2012, the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and my own small and very discreet Taxis - Speech Link
2: Ellie Reeves (LAB - Lewisham West and Penge) That would drive up standards and prevent victims from pulling out of their cases because they feel the - Speech Link