Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Helen Clark (Labour), on Monday, 15 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 19 members in total.

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NATIONAL CAB ACT

That this House calls attention to GNER's decision to award sole rights to operate at their stations to one company, Taxibank, and the resulting chaos at Peterborough Railway Station, with passengers facing long waits and the use of private hire vehicles; notes that this contravenes licence and insurance regulations, as the company does not have sufficient hackney cabs to serve the station; and calls on the Government to introduce a new Cab Act that could safeguard free and open access for transport termini, standardise driver and vehicle standards; tackle the problems of illegal private hire vehicle touting, control the numbers of private hire vehicles and to make provision for a central register of taxi and private hire vehicle providers.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1625 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Railway stations Passengers Taxis Peterborough Great North Eastern Railway

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk