Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill Debate
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Mike Wood
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Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill
Mike Wood ExcerptsFriday 10th September 2021
(3 years, 3 months ago)
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Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing this important Bill to the House. Of the 15,000 private hire licences issued by City of Wolverhampton Council in 2019, many were for drivers spread across the United Kingdom, including at least one as far away as Perth, which is quite some taxi drive. Does my hon. Friend think that the Scottish Government and other devolved national Governments should, following what will hopefully be the Bill’s passage, work with the UK Government to reciprocate the flow of data to ensure that all authorities throughout the United Kingdom have access to the best possible information?
Peter Gibson
My hon. Friend raises an important point about passenger safety applying throughout all four nations. The Bill will provide for the devolved nations to access the database and they are strongly encouraged to do so.