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61. Bryan Roland thought that there should be consistency of approach with regard to medical checks for taxi driver licence applicants – he suggested that all applicants should be subject to a Group 2 medical assessment.

Would Bryan pass group 2?

Do these people actually know that group 2 takes away discretion from GP's?

ffs

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6. Myles Bebbington highlighted the “deregulatory objective” mentioned by Frances Patterson and asked how the balance would be struck between relieving burdens from business yet ensuring public safety. Frances Patterson recognised that getting that balance right was a central part of the project

9. Helen Chapman agreed that ensuring driver safety was vital – and an ability to check that vehicles were safe.

Thats if of course you can actually find a cab that will take you within the area.....

Is it my imagination but did Bob Oddy turn up and say nothing at the meeting?

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28. Anthony Ferguson then asked representatives what they thought should be done differently under a new legislative framework.

29. Dai Powell thought that the legislation had not dealt adequately with accessibility issues; he wanted licensing authorities to have a better understanding of what sort of accessible vehicles were available and to see greater consistency of approach.

30. Kris Beuret pointed out that deciding what “accessibility” actually meant was problematic in itself; it went much further than people in wheelchairs – even disabled people were divided about what constituted an a satisfactory level of accessibility.

17. Tommy McIntyre welcomed the review. He thought that the way forward was to specify some national standards – possibly even a “national taxi badge” – he suggested looking at some of the sensible taxi byelaws around the country and drawing on them might be helpful. He thought that taxi licensing should be locally financed with local accountability

I say it. as I see it.... and if I am not popular... I will live with it. Trevor Jones Sefton.

How about making the private hire operator more accountable for the actions of the drivers and vehicles under their control?

Having read some of the BS so far.....it seems strange that the bloke pushing for PH reform is actually pushing for HC reform.

As for PH Operators being able to pass bookings on across the country......their megalomania knows no bound.

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can i ask why NTA as not been asked and i dont ask to have a pot at the NTA.

I am reliably informed that the nominated NTA representative for this meeting was taken seriously ill and hospitalised on the morning of the day of this meeting, which started at 14.00hrs.

There was insufficient time to arrange for a replacement to get to the meeting in time.

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I like Tommy.. have known him for years.... But you have to look at the reality of what unite achieved.... when they started this Liverpool licences were £50,000 and now approximately 28,000 .. 1400 licences.... how much have they lost. they are strongly involved in driver training which means more and more drivers coming through.... I wonder how many of their members voted for this... people seem to forget that unions are businesses after all....