The Public Safety & Protection Sub-Committee of Bristol Council is scheduled to meet on 30 September 2025. The meeting will include a public forum, and will then move into a closed session to discuss several applications for private hire and Hackney carriage licences, as well as a report regarding a current private hire driver licence.

Public Forum

The agenda for the meeting allots up to 30 minutes for a public forum, during which members of the public and councillors can participate. The agenda states that questions for the committee should have been submitted by 5pm on 24 September 2025, and petitions and statements by 12 noon on 26 September 2025.

The council's Public Information Sheet sets out the terms for public participation, stating that contributions should be:

respectful, factual, and relevant.

The sheet also notes that the Council reserves the right to reject any submission it deems defamatory, frivolous or offensive at its sole discretion .

The agenda frontsheet notes that members of the public attending City Hall will be required to sign in and display a visitor pass at all times.

Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Licences

The majority of the meeting is scheduled to be held with the press and public excluded, due to the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in the Local Government Act 1972. During this part of the meeting, the sub-committee is scheduled to discuss the following:

• An application for the grant of a Private Hire Driver Licence - NT
• An application for the grant of a Hackney Carriage Driver Licence - AM
• An application for the renewal of a Private Hire Driver Licence - MJ
• A report of an application for the renewal of a Private Hire Driver Licence - MAM
• An application for the grant of a Private Hire Driver Licence - MM
• A report to consider whether action needs to be taken with regards to a current Private Hire Driver Licence - AB

Suspension of Committee Procedure Rules

The agenda frontsheet recommends that Committee Procedure Rules CMR10 and CMR11, relating to the moving of motions and rules of debate, be suspended for the duration of the meeting, having regard to the quasi-judicial nature of the business on the Agenda .