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Driverless Vehicles: Public Transport |
| Question ID: |
1786627 |
| UIN: |
HL5954 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4184 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Eaton
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Baroness Eaton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in implementing the Automated Vehicles Act 2024, they plan to give local authorities the right to withhold consent for an automated passenger services operator permit to be granted; and if so, which tier of local g |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answer text: |
The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 provides the right for specified local authorities to withhold their consent for an automated passenger services (APS) operator permit to be granted. This right protects local decision-making. For services resembling taxies... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |