Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is making an important addition to the safeguards in this ar...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who I know has shadow ministerial experience in this area. H...

I very much commend the content of my right hon. and learned Friend’s Bill. For balance, does he ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who made that point with great force and clarity during the Bill...

My right hon. and learned Friend has clearly worked incredibly carefully with disabled groups thr...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend and she is right. I have spoken to a number of different disabili...

My right hon. and learned Friend raises an important point about availability and accessibility o...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend because I know he is in the process of taking through other impor...

I commend my right hon. and learned Friend for his excellent Bill. Does he have any messages for ...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. In addition to speaking to charities that advocate on behalf o...

I call the shadow Minister, Gill Furniss.

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Once again, I commend the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Jeremy Wright...

I rise today to speak in support of the important Bill promoted by my right hon. and learned Frie...

My hon. Friend is making an important speech. I am very concerned to hear that she has been left ...

It is absolutely not acceptable. The fact is that this Bill is being introduced because we have d...

I am very grateful for my hon. Friend’s support. She will know that this Bill will come into effe...

Absolutely. That is why the Bill is so important. As Conservatives, we do not want to have to pas...

It gives me great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kea...

The point has been made very succinctly that we do not have to wait for the Bill to come in befor...

I thank my hon. Friend for making that very valid point. I strongly support what he says. We have...

It is a pleasure to contribute to the debate. I pay tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend t...

My hon. Friend has great expertise when it comes to all things choo-choo, I believe. Why does he ...

As in most cases, I entirely agree with my hon. Friend.

I have been actively pursuing this ...

My hon. Friend has great expertise and experience in this field, so I hope he will forgive me if ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his kind intervention. I entirely agree with him: I think that the Gov...

While we are on the issue of railways, on which my hon. Friend is an expert and speaks eloquently...

I would welcome investment in the tactile paving that my hon. Friend will be receiving at Darling...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Does he take comfort from the fact that Great British Ra...

I am open to being lobbied to support bids. I hope my hon. Friend will forgive me for not declari...

If we are to reduce the reliance on taxis in the most rural areas, perhaps the Government need to...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I looked through the revenue support grant list, but I ca...

I rise in support of the Bill and I pay tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member fo...

We cannot not respond to such points made in the House. West Dorset is 400 square miles and has 1...

Yes, it is more beautiful. [Laughter.] Let us put the Top Trumps to one side now and get to the h...

Thank you for calling me to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker. This Bill is a no-brainer, and it is nic...

It is a pleasure to speak about this Bill today and I commend my right hon. and learned Friend th...

I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Jeremy Wri...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern about a couple of other statistics that arose from some rese...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point; no matter the mode of transport, we should make it as ac...

A week ago, when I was coming back from Parliament, I got a taxi from Stonehouse station with Apo...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and I pay tribute to Apollo Taxis, just as I did at the ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for sharing those statistics. Just 58% of taxis being accessible ...

Again, I am grateful to my hon. Friend. It is worth highlighting my second statistic: 2% of priva...

I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Jeremy Wri...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Rob Butler). I congratulate m...

Let me start by saying a huge thank you to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilw...

I have no wish to hold up the excellent British Sign Language Bill of the hon. Member for West La...