Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) minimum wage or a young person is starting out in their first job and they do not have a lot of money, taxis - Speech Link
May. 20 2024
Source Page: Smarter regulation: One year on. 45p.Found: services by 2028, regular drone deliveries across our skies by 2027 and demos of autonomous flying taxis
Mentions:
1: Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) permit other vehicles and allow disabled people to access areas via any vehicle they choose, including taxis - Speech Link
2: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) Battersea, this is not just an issue that impacts people who drive cars; it affects people in buses, taxis - Speech Link
3: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) there often need to be exemptions: emergency services, public transport, permit holders, and sometimes taxis - Speech Link
4: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) from restriction—generally indicated on the traffic signs; those can include permit holders, buses, taxis - Speech Link
Asked by: Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative - Morley and Outwood)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to review the effectiveness of the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, in the context of the omission of (a) taxis and (b) private hire vehicles.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
There is no omission - taxis and private hire vehicles are subject to the same end of sale dates as set by the Government for cars and vans. Plug-in grants will continue until at least financial year 2024/25 for taxis.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help increase the adoption of electric vehicles.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Government grants have been in place for over a decade to help reduce the up-front purchase price of electric vehicles, with over £1.8 billion in grant funding provided since 2011. Grants remain available for vans, trucks, wheelchair accessible vehicles and taxis. Favourable tax benefits also remain in place to support the transition to EVs.
These policies are working. March 2024 saw the highest ever recorded volume of monthly battery electric vehicle registrations in the UK, with manufacturers reporting over 48,000 vehicles sold.
As stated in the Plan for Drivers, the Government will also continue to support the uptake of zero emission vehicles, by addressing common misconceptions and showing how they can be a practical option for most drivers.
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Smarter regulation: one year onFound: services by 2028, regular drone deliveries across our skies by 2027 and demos of autonomous flying taxis
Mentions:
1: Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) Blackpool is experiencing the scourge of unlicensed taxis in our treasured seaside resort. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) This needs to be urgently resolved.I turn to taxis, another critical part of our public transport infrastructure - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) The council has recently announced a further extension, beyond June 2024, to the exemption for some taxis - Speech Link
2: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) secretary said:“Unlike other major cities in Scotland, Glasgow City Council does not have an age limit on taxis - Speech Link
Written Evidence May. 15 2024
Committee: Petitions CommitteeFound: ” • “Taxis and delivery vans dare not go into parts for fear of fines, even when they can (signage