Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at on 18 July 2019.
Nusrat Ghani
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport), The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
My hon. Friend touches on an important piece of work that is being carried out across a number of Departments, including the Home Office and the Department for Education, and in local government. In the Department for Transport, we are looking to obtain the powers to create a national minimum standard, which will be quite high, and a national database, and to increase enforcement powers for traffic commissioners. Put together, all those things will ensure that the quality of service and safety for people when they enter a private hire vehicle is the same up and down the country.