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Electric Bicycles

Commons · Question 91865 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of (a) the potential merits of establishing a regulatory framework for the registration and road use of three- and four-wheeled electric bicycles, (b) the adequacy of road safety

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 19 Nov 2025

The existing regulatory framework for electric cycles is comprised of the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983 and the Pedal Cycle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1983. These regulations apply to cycles with two or more wheels and are the...