Opinion
A view from the trade by B. M. ROLAND
THE NATIONAL PRIVATE HIRE ASSOCIATION 8 SILVER ST BURY BL9 0EX TEL: 0161 280 2800
www.npha.org.uk
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npha@btconnect.com EIGHTH SPECIAL REPORT
DFT CLARIFIES DIRECTIONS (A BIT)
Not much of a ramble this issue, because the Government is going to say it all. You remember the Select Committee’s response to Government, closely followed by the Law Commission’s activation? Some of us, includ- ing myself, forget that when the Select Committee makes a report, the Government responds. And unlike the last time around in 1995, the Gov- ernment this time has replied very quickly, and it is my thought that the way the Government has responded does indeed start to lay out a foot- print for new legislation.
Whilst I do appreciate that we have reached this position in the past, I’m more convinced than ever before that things are going to change. Whether we get to the 21st century or not, we will be very likely to be impacted on by the readers of this paper. Yes, there will be a consultation – and early in the New Year. The question is: where would you want to be? Are you going to be part of that consul- tation for a change? Or will you just leave it to everybody else... as everybody else does. Let’s not have a result such as we’ve had in the past, where 35,000 copies of the consultation are lying about in offices all over the country and we end up with less than 100 responses. Read on, read on, and start thinking about the future.
So until next time, sayonara.
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On 13 September we received a response from the Government to the Transport Committee's Seventh Report of 2010-12, Taxis and private hire vehicles: the road to reform? which we publish with this Special Report.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE INTRODUCTION
The Government is grateful to the Transport Committee for undertaking an inquiry into taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs). The Committee's report provides a helpful analysis of the issues and it demonstrates just how complex those issues can be - and how widely opinion varies about the best way of moving forward.
The Government has now considered the Transport Committee's Report and specifically its 14 recommendations a response to each is given in this publication.
Coincidentally, on the same day that the Committee published its report, the Law Commission announced that, as part of its Eleventh Programme of Law Reform, it intends to undertake a comprehensive review of taxi and private hire vehicle legislation.
So whilst the Government notes the Committee's recommendation that the Department for Transport should undertake an in-house review rather than handing over the issue to the Law Commission, the Law Commission is now undertaking a review. The Minister, Norman Baker, indicated on 15 March whilst giving oral evidence that the Government regarded a Law Commission review as a sensible way to proceed and the Law Commis- sion agreed that a review of taxi legislation fitted in with their criteria for taking on projects.
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