Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 February 2017.
Andrew Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
12:00,
23 February 2017
In fact, we are strengthening the law in this area. The Government tabled an Amendment to the Bill that became the Policing and Crime Act 2017 to allow the issuing of statutory guidance to licensing authorities. That is obviously work in progress. This is a critical issue which is taken seriously by the Department and also by the Home Office, and action is clearly being taken.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
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Patrick Foster
Posted on 28 Feb 2017 7:34 am (Report this annotation)
I feel the government has allowed the legislation to be ignored by authorities around the country. The taxi industry has seen dramatic change in recent years and not for the better. The government can put in place whatever legislation they like but local authorities are unwilling to take enforcement action due to the lack of staff and budgets. I am seriously concerned that UBER has been allowed to flout the law in this area.