Private Hire Vehicles

HC Deb 23 March 1999 vol 328 cc157-8W

Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects the consultation document on the implementation of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 to be published. [78362]

Ms Glenda Jackson

We intend shortly to publish, jointly with the Public Carriage Office, a consultation document on the licensing of minicab operators in London.