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Cross border hiring is dangerous to the public. Sub-contracting is no better.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

ALPHA and the GMB have UNITED to bring to the attention of the government the issues within the Taxi & Private Hire trade from the Deregulation Act.
By inserting the word Predominantly into the Laws from both the Deregulation Act 2015 and the previous out of date laws, this would close the loop holes currently being used for drivers who circumvent the licensing system and the operators who use these drivers.

The changes to the Taxi & Private Hire were questioned when this Act went through Parliament, the 10 days given to debate was on reason.

The whole act was not consulted correctly, we can not let the public be in danger due to this.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

14 Oct 2016 Petition opened for signatures
20 Oct 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Oct 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.