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identifier	282377
max ddp modified	2019-07-25T19:46:15.424Z
answering body	Department for Transport
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
ddp created	2019-07-25T17:09:43.040Z
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
written parliamentary question type	Ordinary

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25/07/2019

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Transport

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 252472 on taxis: licensing, if he will reconsider introducing statutory definitions of plying for hire and pre-booked; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the judgment on 14 January 2019 in which a private hire driver was prosecuted for illegally plying for hire in Reading.

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Bermondsey and Old Southwark

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Neil Coyle

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09/09/2019

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The Government response to the Task and Finish Group report published on 12 February 2019 advised that the recommendation in respect of providing a statutory definition of plying for hire would not be taken forward as it would not provide a practical improvement on the current position. The Law Commission came to this view in accordance with the advice received from a panel of distinguished licensing lawyers convened specifically for the purpose of discussing reform of plying for hire. The main reason for this conclusion was that whether a driver is plying for hire in particular circumstances is a matter of fact and degree that a court must consider. The Department regularly monitors cases but does not consider that any recent cases necessitate a change in approach. Private hire vehicles are already only permitted to carry passengers when a booking has been made through a licensed operator.

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Mid Norfolk

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George Freeman

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09/09/2019 15:26:44

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