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http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmtran/251/251.pdf
Nor does the OFT explain why the taxi and PHV market has been the fastest growing form of transport over the last 25 years, and has grown by more then 40 per cent in real terms since 1994, if quantity restrictions have been so detrimental. Its recommendations on quantity control should be rejected.
no real evidence that waiting times are lower in areas without restrictions on the number of vehicle licences they issue
The Report does not adequately discuss the fact that, although taxi numbers increase, the number of private hire vehicles decreases, and that the number of vehicles for hire per head of population is in fact lower in derestricted areas than in restricted ones.
the report was driven by a doctrinaire desire to hold prices down rather than a thorough investigation of disabled people's needs.
It is our opinion that the service needs of the public have been given less
consideration than the OFT’s desire to force down prices.
CC
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