let's speak now to the psychologist dr emma kenny and steve garelick, who has been a private hire taxi's branch. thank you very much forjoining us. steve, what do you make of these figures, the fact that the number of assaults, although relatively small, has now gone up in these three yea rs ? has now gone up in these three years? well, small or not, it is lamentable that there are any assaults on any type going on in private hire or taxis in the united kingdom. 0bviously when you look at this against public transport and the figures for public transport that we have been seeing, looking at that, it is obviously a lot lower. but nonetheless, it is 337 allegations to many. what do you put it down to? i think there is an increased confidence now where people bring forward their concerns about a misdeed. that is a good thing, obviously. ispoke about a misdeed. that is a good thing, obviously. i spoke about the increases. if you look at crime overall, people are now more prepared to put forward complaints when they think they need to let the police know. enda -- emma kenny come if you are