Debate contribution: Taxi Drivers: Convictions

Debate contribution by Mr Gareth Wilson on 13 October 2026.

MLA: Mr Gareth Wilson
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 13 October 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Taxi Drivers: Convictions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5789898

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I thank the Minister for her answer. As she said, taxi drivers hold positions of trust and, of course, in the main, operate without issue as they regularly transport a range of vulnerable passengers, such as children, those with additional needs and, as the Minister rightly said, people coming home from a night out. However, from a wider responsibility perspective, and given the issues that I have highlighted to you, I understand that the Commissioner Designate for Victims of Crime raised with your Department the possibility of having CCTV in taxis. Has the Minister given further consideration to that proposal?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2703/22-27.

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