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Rear Loading Taxis

EDM number 325 in 2005-06, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 14/06/2005.

That this House believes that converted vehicle hackney carriages (taxis) that load wheelchair passengers from the rear, that are currently licensed in a growing number of local authorities outside London, particularly in the North East, are unsuitable for taxi use; notes that whilst being loaded such rear-access taxis place the wheelchair user passenger in a dangerous position on the road to the rear of the taxi, where he risks being hit by traffic coming up from behind; further notes that many AA, RAC and Green Flag recovery technicians are killed on UK roads by traffic approaching from behind whilst standing behind vehicles; further notes the concerns that Radar and the Spinal Injuries Association have about rear loading taxis; further notes that those licensing rear loading taxis do not seem to have undertaken a comprehensive risk assessment; and therefore calls upon licensing authorities throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland only to license side loading wheelchair accessible taxis from now on.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Rosindell14/06/2005RomfordConservativeProposed
Peter Bottomley15/06/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Iris Robinson16/06/2005StrangfordDUPSeconded
Rudi Vis16/06/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn20/06/2005Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Frank Field21/06/2005BirkenheadLabourSeconded
Lynne Featherstone27/06/2005Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson30/06/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lee Scott04/07/2005Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Tom Brake07/07/2005Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington14/07/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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