The second was that the cabbies should be a reasonable sort of people.
The cabbies think that is a good idea.
It is good to read of your high opinion of cabbies because we do try to maintain a high standard in licensing them.
The decision on who should hold a cabbie's licence is taken by a commissioner.
On the whole, the cabbie is an entrepreneurial, hard-working person.
A cabbie has as high priority the comfort, safety and security of his passenger and all future passengers.
There is also a cabwatch scheme involving over 6,000 cabbies, and 64 pubwatch schemes.
I now return to the way in which cabbies are vetted because some elements have not yet been mentioned.