Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

I congratulate my hon. Friend on getting this far. Only about 1% of all private Members’ Bills ma...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He raises a very important point abou...

I congratulate my hon. Friend, the proud champion for Darlington, on having introduced this Bill ...

My hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point. Much of our legislation dates back to previo...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on this excellent private Member’s Bill. I am fascinated to hear wh...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention. She, too, knows the challenges of steering ...

First, I commend the hon. Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on opening the debate in such an e...

If you will forgive me for making a second cricket analogy in two days, Mr Speaker, I cannot resi...

I certainly agree with the hon. Gentleman. He is right that I am a committed Unionist and I would...

I am delighted to have finished writing my speech before being called, Mr Speaker. I sincerely co...

As my hon. Friend knows from my previous speeches in this House, Darlington is the birthplace of ...

May I suggest that a train is not a taxi? As much as the hon. Gentleman sells this great history,...

I apologise to you, Mr Speaker, and to my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington for leading him d...

Not for the first time!

Not for the first time, as my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie...

As my hon. Friend has just informed the House, I was proud to be the chair of the largest licensi...

I absolutely agree. In my background and in my hon. Friend’s, the teams worked tirelessly to ensu...

I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for bringing this Bill to the H...

Yes, they are. Licensing authorities can ask for such information but my hon. Friend the Member f...

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I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild) first.

The removal of a taxi driver’s licence takes away their livelihood so, given my hon. Friend’s exp...

I shall respond to that excellent point after I have given way to my hon. Friend the Member for P...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way to a double-headed intervention. His points about ...

I thank both my hon. Friends. I have taken a double-header; I shall respond first to my hon. Frie...

It may assist the House if, following the interventions that my hon. Friend has just generously t...

I thank my hon. Friend, who is an expert on the Bill because he wrote it, for that clarification....

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for taking a second intervention. To return again to his experien...

My hon. Friend tempts me to hark back to my career in local government around 12 years ago—[Inter...

It may further assist the House for me to clarify that I have had extensive engagement throughout...

As usual, in two minutes my hon. Friend has made the point in a much more succinct and concise wa...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Paul Holmes), who made an excellent spe...

Like every other Member who has spoken, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter G...

It seems to me from what my hon. Friend has been saying that the only difference relates to wheth...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising the issue of insurance. She may be shocked and possibly appall...

Can I just stop the hon. Lady there momentarily and suggest that we go back to this Bill? I know ...

I appreciate and understand your comments, Mr Deputy Speaker. You will understand my passion to e...

I join hon. Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on ...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech and I am very grateful for his praise, which is maki...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Perhaps it might have been more delicate to suggest...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is not only the people who are actually in the taxis who need t...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. As a father, I would like to believe that I can make sur...

I am delighted to speak in the debate. Like others before me, I congratulate my hon. Friend the M...

Bruce Mercer has obviously done a fantastic job. Does my hon. Friend agree that this illustrates ...

I am grateful to my hon. hon. Friend for making that intervention. His key point is that the vast...

I will be brief because I know that many Members want urgently to speak on this subject. I am gra...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington...

I also congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on getting the Bill t...

I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for bringing this important Bill t...

I absolutely do. That, along with examples that we have heard from other hon. Members, illustrate...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. Having taken many taxis to a...

I rise like a bat out of hell to contribute to today’s debate. First, I thank my hon. Friend the ...

I call Lia Nici.

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I apologise to hon. Members, because I have only just bobbed to catch your eye, Mr Deputy Speaker...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson), as so many have done from...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Chilterns are a beautiful part of the world and we should do a...

I entirely agree. Many people adore living in that very beautiful area and they want to protect i...

I start by thanking the hon. Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for his diligent work on introd...

What has come across more than anything in the debate is the appreciation for the taxi industry, ...

I agree with what my hon. Friend is saying about ensuring the safety of women and girls on public...

Yes; my hon. Friend makes a crucial point. She referred to her Pedicabs (London) Bill. I hope tha...

With the leave of the House, can I place on the record my thanks to the Minister for her engageme...

Congratulations, Peter—absolutely superb. I want to put on the record my gratitude to all the tax...