§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in view of the concern felt by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents at the illegal activities of mini-cab proprietors plying for hire and having unsafe vehicles without insurance on the roads, whether he will seek further powers to prevent this dangerous evasion of the law.
§ Mr. LaneThe need for closer control over the activities of private hire cars is being considered in the light of the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on the London Taxicab Trade (Cmnd. 4483). It is an offence under existing legislation to take on the road an unsafe or inadequately insured vehicle, or, in any area in which taxicabs are licensed, for an unlicensed vehicle to ply for hire.