NATIONAL CAB ACT

Early day motion 1625, tabled 15 July 2002 by Helen Clark (Labour). Signed by 19 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Labour/Co-operative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.