Rejected petition: Introduce a commission rate cap for private hire app companies of 15%.
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Introduce a commission rate cap for private hire app companies at 15% of fare and 5% of surge.
Introduce a commission rate cap for private hire app companies at 15% of fare and 5% of surge. And capping customer surge rates at a maximum of 100%
This is to control the exploitive practices of private hire app companies where customers are continually being charged more and drivers are continually being paid less.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing and transport policy are devolved matters that the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament are responsible for. That means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into it.
The Scottish Parliament has its own Public Petitions Committee. You may wish to send your petition to the Scottish Parliament, you can find out more here: https://petitions.parliament.scot/
You may also wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769002
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