§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a full list of all organisations to which his Department sent and from which it has received responses, regarding the consultation paper on the future of taxi and private hire services in England and Wales, together with the addresses of each such organisation.
§ Mr. Norris[holding answer 18 January 1994]: My Department has issued about 4,500 copies of this consultation paper to organisations and individuals who have an interest in the subject. These include local authority associations and all individual county and district councils, local and national taxi and private hire vehicle organisations, the licensing officers organisation, the police, organisations concerned with people who have mobility problems and vulnerable members of society, consumer groups, transport interests, the press, car, taxi and taximeter manufacturers and those concerned with tourists. Copies were available in the Lobby of the House and in another place. The paper was also published in a trade newspaper.
It is not our practice to identify those organisations or individuals who respond to consultation exercises, and, in any event, the consultation period lasts until 1 March 1994.