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Electric Bicycles: Sales

Commons · Question 55229 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 5 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to prevent the sale of illegally modified electric bikes.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 5 Jun 2025

The UK’s product safety framework requires businesses, including those that modify electric bikes, to only place safe and compliant consumer products on the market. The Office for Product Safety and Standards and Local Authority Trading Standards have pow...