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Taxis: Fees and Charges

Asked by Mrs Elsie BlundellLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 105341

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to regulate the service fee charges (commission) charged by large national PHV operators that they draw from their drivers' journeys.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Subject to any obligations under employment law, the commercial terms under which drivers and operators contract are a matter for those parties.

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