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What I meant by minimal was "small in amount or degree" or "only barely adequate", to use definition from one online dictionary.

Ie a bit like 'bog standards'.

For the avoidance of doubt, I was being sarcastic about the LC's view on how well pre-booked markets work for consumers, as per my previous posts in other threads.

thats not what the LC cite

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George Carlin

I'm grateful to the Hon Gentleman for his clarification.

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IDFIMH

Eh?

What do they cite?

Have you not read the report?

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IDFIMH

National safety standards for taxis will be minimum safety standards; therefore minumum safety standards for private hire will be maximum safety standards, or to quote;

We refer to private hire services standards as mandatory because they act as both a minimum and maximum regulatory standard.

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George Carlin

By which they mean the same standard will apply throughout the country?

Which could on the one hand refer to the Brighton PH standard or the London PH standard on the other hand.

But because it's actually the latter it's a minimal standard, surely, ie a bog standard.

there's no pulling the wool with you eh?

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Maybe it should be called the 'minimum requirement'?

Cos calling it a standard implies good things, when I'm not sure that this requirement would be good if adopted.

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IDFIMH

I think personally I'd call it 'whatever the ph spivs think' because thats whats going to happen, and we all know it, and if you dont, then I'll willingly deploy the window licker argument (happy gus?)

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George Carlin

Well I think the phrase 'bog standard' is well understood and sums the LC's proposal up nicely.

However, we do not consider the Law Commission as the appropriate forum for making such critical judgments.

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It'll go out to consultation and then be watered down to suit everyone.

In other words sh*te standards

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George Carlin

And as stated elsewhere for PH that's a medical and CRB. (And a box-ticking exercise on disability awareness).

So what's to water down?

I don't think they're planning on reversing anything they'll probably just pass the buck and let somebody else decide what the standards will be, after a consultation of course

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