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Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Imports

Commons · Question 1647 · Tabled 25 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 31 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prohibit the importing of (a) electric scooters and (b) electric bikes from countries that do not comply with UK safety standards.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 31 Jul 2024

UK product safety legislation requires manufacturers or importers placing products on the UK market, including e-bikes and e-scooters, to ensure those products are safe. Regulators have powers to require that unsafe products are removed from sale.We will ...