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Passenger Safety Threat From Minicab Signage

EDM number 1454 in 2002-03, proposed by Linda Perham on 23/06/2003.

That this House condemns the fact that one woman each week is raped and a further 200 sexual assaults take place each year in minicabs in London; notes that the Public Carriage Office is considering permitting signage on the exterior of newly licensed minicabs; is concerned that this will lead to the public being deceived by imitation unlicensed private hire vehicles which will use signage as a badge of respectability thereby threatening public safety, and in particular women's safe travel; believes that exterior signage will increase illegal touting in London and create an extra enforcement headache for an already over-stretched police force in London; and calls upon the Mayor of London and Transport for London to rule out signage on the exterior of minicabs.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Linda Perham23/06/2003Ilford NorthLabourProposed
Bob Russell24/06/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones24/06/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Colin Breed24/06/2003South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer25/06/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Paul Tyler26/06/2003North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore30/06/2003HendonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn30/06/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
Betty Williams30/06/2003ConwyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins01/07/2003Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Cryer01/07/2003HornchurchLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara02/07/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George02/07/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox02/07/2003TootingLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/07/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty02/07/2003Calder ValleyLabourSigned
David Marshall02/07/2003Glasgow, ShettlestonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington03/07/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley09/07/2003RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey14/07/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson16/07/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones16/07/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Ruane17/07/2003Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Russell Brown29/10/2003DumfriesLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra04/11/2003Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Marsha Singh10/11/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
Matthew Green17/11/2003LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned

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