Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 2904
A Bill to make provision about licensing in relation to taxis and private hire vehicles for purposes relating to the safeguarding of passengers and road safety; and for connected purposes.
Appraisal prepared just now from the official papers. Next scheduled update after the next sitting or within about 24 hours.
Sponsor: Peter Gibson, Conservative
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In plain English
Licensed taxi and PHV drivers will therefore continue to be 2 s.42 Town Police Clauses Act 1847; s.51(3) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976; s.16(1) London Hackney Carriages Act 1843; s.23 Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 14 The Bill will change the current practice by requiring licensing authorities to report certain serious safeguarding or road safety concerns about licensed drivers to their home licensing authority.
Licensing authorities are generally reliant on applicants self-declaring whether they have had a licence refused, suspended or revoked by another authority so this information is often unreliable. A licensing authority would have to individually contact every licensing authority and provide a common unique identifier to obtain a response from each to confirm any information relating to an individual applicant.
Licensed taxi and PHV drivers will therefore continue to be 2 s.42 Town Police Clauses Act 1847; s.51(3) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976; s.16(1) London Hackney Carriages Act 1843; s.23 Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 14 The Bill will change the current practice by requiring licensing authorities to report certain serious safeguarding or road safety concerns about licensed drivers to their home licensing authority.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: Licensed taxi and PHV drivers will therefore continue to be 2 s.42 Town Police Clauses Act 1847; s.51(3) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976; s.16(1) London Hackney Carriages Act 1843; s.23 Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 14 The Bill will change the current practice by requiring licensing authorities to report certain serious safeguarding or road safety concerns about licensed drivers to their home licensing authority.. The people who would notice most are: Licensing authorities are generally reliant on applicants self-declaring whether they have had a licence refused, suspended or revoked by another authority so this information is often unreliable. A licensing authority would have to individually contact every licensing authority and provide a common unique identifier to obtain a response from each to confirm any information relating to an individual applicant.. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: Licensed taxi and PHV drivers will therefore continue to be 2 s.42 Town Police Clauses Act 1847; s.51(3) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976; s.16(1) London Hackney Carriages Act 1843; s.23 Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 14 The Bill will change the current practice by requiring licensing authorities to report certain serious safeguarding or road safety concerns about licensed drivers to their home licensing authority..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
Licensed taxi and PHV drivers will therefore continue to be 2 s.42 Town Police Clauses Act 1847; s.51(3) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976; s.16(1) London Hackney Carriages Act 1843; s.23 Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 14 The Bill will change the current practice by requiring licensing authorities to report certain serious safeguarding or road safety concerns about licensed drivers to their home licensing authority.
It is currently at Royal Assent in the Unassigned, sponsored by Peter Gibson, Conservative.
Accountability · outcome beside Green Book evidence
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Act 2022 became law. The official papers we read covered some Green Book cases well and left gaps in others. For accountability, the outcome sits beside a mixed evidence trail — worth reading the case notes below.
Strategic: Licensed taxi and PHV drivers will therefore continue to be 2 s.42 Town Police Clauses Act 1847; s.51(3) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976; s.16(1) London Hackney Carriages Act 1843; s.23 Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 14 The Bill will change the current practice by requiring licensing authorities to report certain serious safeguarding or road safety concerns about licensed drivers to their home licensing authority.
Economic: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not give a figure in pounds for what it would cost or save. That is not a yes or no on the bill.
Commercial: (2) A reference in subsection (1) to an offence includes a reference to the following offences— (a) attempt to commit the offence; (b) conspiracy to commit the offence; (c) aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of the offence; (d) incitement to commit the offence; (e) an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crimes Act 2007 in relation to the offence.
Financial: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not say who would pay for it, or where the money would come from.
Management: The Bill enables the Secretary of State to provide, or to designate a person to provide, a licensing information database (the “database”). Such a restriction would be a fundamental change to the current regulatory regime and may be detrimental to the passenger in terms of availability and quality of service.
This is an accountability reading, not a recommendation and not a score. It does not say whether Parliament should have passed or rejected the bill. It only sets the actual parliamentary outcome beside how complete the Green Book five-case evidence was in the official papers.
These UK Acts sit in a similar policy space and are already law. Pairing uses this proposal’s official papers (and the plain-English note themes). It is not a verdict that the proposal is redundant or unnecessary.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2022-04-29
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Act 2022
Same policy area (“Transport”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.