Member

The Government want disabled people to be able to reach the destinations important in their lives easily, confidently and with dignity wherever they are and wherever they want to travel. I am afraid, however, that this amendment is not the way to achieve that aim. First, it applies only to taxis which predominate in urban areas, potentially excluding disabled people in rural areas from the benefits it seeks to create because of their greater reliance on private hire vehicles, which would not be covered by this measure.