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92447

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	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Driving: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations have been made to his Department from local authorities on Clauses 8, 9 and 10 of the Deregulation Bill currently before Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	210034
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received representations on behalf of Trafford, Oldham and Kirklees councils in relation to provisions in the Deregulation Bill on taxis and private hire vehicles. The Department for Transport, which has policy responsibility for taxi and private hire vehicles, has also received representations on behalf of St Helens and South Ribble councils, and from the Local Government Association.</p><p>These representations raised issues relating to safety and to the Law Commission report on taxis and private hire vehicle licensing which the Government is currently considering.</p><p>The Government will withdraw clause 10, which would have allowed anyone with an ordinary driving licence to drive a private hire vehicle when it is ‘off-duty’, from the Bill when clauses 10-12 are debated at Lords Committee Stage on 21 October.</p><p>The remaining clauses in the Deregulation Bill are:</p><p>· clause 11 which will standardise the duration for all taxi and private hire vehicle driver licences at three years; and five years for all private hire vehicle operator licences. Shorter durations will only be granted on a case by case basis, where it is justifiable for a particular reason. This will reduce the financial and administrative burden of more frequent licence renewals; and</p><p>· clause 12 which will allow private hire operators to sub-contract bookings to operators licensed in a different district.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 16/10/2014 11:01:46 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	creator	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

92449

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Driving: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the safety of passengers in taxis and private hire vehicles of implementation of the provision in Clause 8 of the Deregulation Bill currently before Parliament that unlicensed drivers will be able to drive a licensed vehicle when it is not being used for work purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	210033
	version	2
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s view is that Clause 10 (previously Clause 8) of the Deregulation Bill is a common-sense measure with adequate safeguards. However, after listening to concerns about this proposal during the passage of the Bill, the Government has concluded that a better course of action would be for this measure to be considered as part of the package of measures recommended by the Law Commission to reform taxi and private hire vehicle licensing which the Government is considering.</p><p>The Government will withdraw clause 10 from the Bill when clauses 10-12 are debated at Lords Committee Stage on 21 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 16/10/2014 11:03:01 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	creator	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney