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1.61 JB felt that the only legal justification of operator licensing was that it created a paper trail capable of showing whether a booking had in fact been made. He questioned whether they served any other purpose. If it was felt that there were good safety reasons for retaining operator licensing, then it should be extended to taxis. If it did not concern safety then the requirement was meaningless.

So to solve the problem of late night supply, we have more f***ing buses.

Since when has it been their work-force?

Are those drivers salaried? Do they pay drivers stamp? Do those drivers have paid holidays or proper sickness cover?

Do they f***.

1.52 Bill Bowling (BB) explained that limousines encountered major problems with cross-border restrictions. They could not readily operate within just one area.

JU clarified that the Law Commission was not proposing boundaries in relation to PHVs.

He makes a sound point. Why do PH need to keep records but taxis don't?

Offices or owner drivers on street hails and rank work?

I called you a kid the other day, and your reply said I was wrong and read that you were a mature man of age, which is it Mr Deceptive?

The point I think you are alluding to is the practicalities of recording rank work, and I agree, but if PH operator's have to record jobs for enforcement reasons, then surely that must apply to all.

And of course they've got so much control over their 'workforce' under the current system that they're never plying for hire, are they?

Or at least perhaps in the fantasy world of Mr Wright - wasn't he the one at the Trans Comm meeting who was trying to portray the London PH trade as beyond reproach?

1.108 MB felt that there should be training for drivers but also for licensing and enforcement officers. The latter could be quality assured rather than regulated

1.96 MB believed that de-regulated areas lost a significant proportion of their WAVs, resulting in a mixed fleet run on a low-cost basis. One local authority he had in mind had since re-regulated but had required all new licensed vehicles to be WAVs. Those coming into the trade should be encouraged to consider the business case for doing so.

1.93 BR argued that evidence showed that deregulated areas with high standards were very successful in controlling numbers and congestion and ensuring a mixed fleet.

1.75 PC explained that Manchester had been the first city to have a 100% wheelchair accessible fleet. Problems arose where drivers on radio circuits were not told that the passenger they were picking up was disabled. Sometimes their homes were not equipped to enable the driver to give them assistance in leaving the house and getting into the vehicle. He also felt that the requirements on taxis were at times more onerous than those on buses, and that this should be rectified.