Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his oral statement of 5 July 2017, Official Report, column 153WH, when his Department plans to publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) names of the chair and members of the working party on working conditions in the private hire industry.

The working group on taxi and private hire vehicle licensing, as announced on 5 July 2017, will have its first meeting on 26 September 2017. The group’s membership and terms of reference will be formally confirmed at that meeting, and copies of those documents will subsequently be deposited in the library of the House.