Deregulation Bill — Clause 10 — Relaxation of Regulation on Private Hire Taxis — 23 Jun 2014 at 18:45
Jack Dromey MP, Birmingham, Erdington voted against making the offence of driving a private hire vehicle without a private hire vehicle driver’s licence only apply where the vehicle in question is being used as a private hire vehicle; against establishing standard three year licence periods for taxi drivers and five year licences for operators; and not to permit subcontracting between taxi operators licenced in different districts.
The majority of MPs voted to make the offence of driving a private hire vehicle without a private hire vehicle driver’s licence only apply where the vehicle in question is being used as a private hire vehicle; to establish standard three year licence periods for taxi drivers and five year licences for operators; and to permit subcontracting between taxi operators licenced in different districts.
The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 61, page 7, line 22, leave out Clause 10, Clause 11 and Clause 12.
The clauses in question are:
- 10 Private hire vehicles: circumstances in which driver’s licence required
Clause 10 amends the offence of driving a private hire vehicle without a private hire vehicle driver’s licence to only apply where the vehicle in question is being used as a private hire vehicle.
- 11 Taxis and private hire vehicles: duration of licences
Clause 11 establishes a standard duration of three years for taxi and private hire vehicle driver licences and a standard duration of five years for a private hire vehicle operator licence.
- 12 Private hire vehicles: sub-contracting
Clause 12 clarifies, and relaxes the law permitting private hire vehicle operators to sub-contract work to each other, allowing subcontracting between operators licensed in different districts.
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Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
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What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 244 (+1 tell) | 0 | 0 | 80.3% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 200 (+2 tell) | 0 | 78.3% |
LDem | 41 (+1 tell) | 0 | 0 | 75.0% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
Total: | 285 | 206 | 0 | 79.1% |
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