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Taxis: Licensing

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 12 March 2026UIN 118050

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce a single national definition of a fit and proper person for taxi and private hire vehicle driver licensing.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, currently being considered by the House of Lords, seeks to provide a power for the Secretary of State to set in regulations requirements that must be met for any taxi or private hire vehicle licence to be issued and held.

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