Written question asked by Gary Streeter (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 June 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 June 1999. It was answered by Glenda Jackson (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 June 1999 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to persuade Plymouth City Council to adopt the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 in its regulation of Plymouth-based private-hire vehicles; what discussions his officials have had with Plymouth City Council officers in the past six months concerning the regulation of Plymouth-based private hire vehicles; and if he will make a statement.

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