§ Lord Braine of Wheatleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will introduce legislation to require minicab companies to provide a proportion of vehicles operated by them with child safety seats.
§ Baroness Hayman:The Government have no plans to introduce legislation to require minicab companies to provide a proportion of vehicles operated by them with child safety seats. The wide variations in age and size of children carried in minicabs means that no one type of restraint would be suitable for all, and minicab companies would find it extremely difficult to be prepared for all eventualities.