Written questions

Electric Bicycles: Safety

Commons · Question 100615 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 23 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the APPG for Cycling and Walking's report entitled Unregulated and Unsafe: The Threat of Illegal E-Bikes.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 23 Dec 2025

The Government recognises the concerns raised in the APPG report about the safety of e-bikes which do not comply with regulations and the risks associated with battery fires. The Product Regulation and Metrology Act which received Royal Assent in July, cr...