Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 9 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 March 1999. It was answered by Glenda Jackson (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 March 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, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, column 164, concerning black cabs, if a taxi licensed by the Public Carriage Office will be permitted also to be licensed by another licensing authority to ply for hire outside the new Metropolitan Police District boundary. - (Holding answer 15 March 1999).

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 9 March 1999, Official Report, column 164, concerning black cabs, if a taxi licensed by the Public Carriage Office will be permitted also to be licensed by another licensing authority to ply for hire outside the new Metropolitan Police District boundary. [76473] Ms Glenda Jackson: [holding answer 15 March 1999]: This decision will rest with the relevant local licensing authority. But I can see a number of practical reasons, particularly in relation to taximeters and licence plates, why a local authority would choose not to grant a second taxi licence for a vehicle which has already been licensed as a London taxi.

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