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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 22868 on Military Exercises, what was the outcome of tests on the Talaria Sting R e-bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 22868 on Military Exercises, what was the outcome of tests on the Talaria Sting R e-bikes.
The Army’s testing of the Talaria Sting R e-bike demonstrated potential operational benefits in specific roles, including improved tactical mobility over difficult terrain, reduced physical burden on personnel and a lower acoustic signature than conventional vehicles.
The testing has informed ongoing work to assess the potential role of e-bikes’ within the Ministry of Defence. However, any future procurement or fielding decision would be subject to the normal approvals process as well as consideration of operational requirements, safety assurance, value for money and support arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to prevent online marketplaces from selling e-bike conversion kits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to prevent online marketplaces from selling e-bike conversion kits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using the Product Safety and Metrology Act to deem products unsafe, in particular kits to adapt e-bikes into illegal e-bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using the Product Safety and Metrology Act to deem products unsafe, in particular kits to adapt e-bikes into illegal e-bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered introducing powers for Neighbourhood Wardens to seize e-bikes used in anti-social behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered introducing powers for Neighbourhood Wardens to seize e-bikes used in anti-social behaviour.
The Government is committed to tackling the anti-social use of vehicles, including e-bikes. The Crime and Policing Act 2026 strengthened police powers under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 for vehicles being used anti-socially, by removing the requirement for a prior warning before a vehicle can be seized. The Crime and Policing Act 2026 strengthened police powers under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002, for vehicles being used anti-socially, by removing the requirement for a prior warning before a vehicle can be seized.
There are no current plans to give Neighbourhood Wardens the vehicle seizure powers available to the police to seize e-bikes being used in this manner. The Government keeps the powers available to the police and local agencies to tackle anti-social behaviour under review.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make e-bike rental operators liable for accidents resulting from misuse.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make e-bike rental operators liable for accidents resulting from misuse.
The Government is empowering local leaders in England to regulate shared cycle schemes through licensing. Safety and accountability will be core considerations as we implement this.
We will be launching a public consultation in the coming months on the implementation of licensing which will include consideration of the right balance of responsibilities and accountability in shared cycle schemes.
Licensing will be implemented following public consultation through a combination of regulations and guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the resources and operational support available to police forces to tackle the dangerous or anti-social use of e-bikes in town centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the resources and operational support available to police forces to tackle the dangerous or anti-social use of e-bikes in town centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle the dangerous driving of illegally modified e-bikes on public roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle the dangerous driving of illegally modified e-bikes on public roads.
E-bikes that do not comply with the requirements of the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983 are motor vehicles and must therefore be registered, taxed and insured to be used on public roads. The rider must also wear a safety helmet and hold a driving licence.
The police can seize e-bikes not properly registered as motor vehicles under Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988. In addition, in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 the Government has strengthened the powers for the police to seize vehicles used anti-socially by removing the need to provide a warning. These powers apply to e-bikes that have been registered as motor vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the safe and responsible use of electric bicycles, including tackling illegally modified e-bikes that do not comply with speed and power restrictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the safe and responsible use of electric bicycles, including tackling illegally modified e-bikes that do not comply with speed and power restrictions.
The Department has published advice for consumers on the safe use of legally compliant e-bikes. This guidance has recently been updated to refer to the industry-led "E-Bike Positive" campaign.
Where e-bikes have been modified to overcome the power and speed restrictions set out in the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations, they are motor vehicles and must therefore be registered, taxed and insured. The rider must also wear a safety helmet and hold a driving licence. The Department has published further advice making this clear, and ultimately the police can seize such e-bikes where they are used on the road without being properly registered as motor vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with social housing providers on the use of tenancy agreements to address anti-social behaviour involving off-road e-bikes, including through tenancy conditions that enable enforcement action against tenants whose household members engage in such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with social housing providers on the use of tenancy agreements to address anti-social behaviour involving off-road e-bikes, including through tenancy conditions that enable enforcement action against tenants whose household members engage in such...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with (a) police leaders and (b) the National Police Chiefs' Council on potential regulatory measures for the sale of (i) off-road vehicles and (ii) high powered e-bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with (a) police leaders and (b) the National Police Chiefs' Council on potential regulatory measures for the sale of (i) off-road vehicles and (ii) high powered e-bikes.
The training of police officers is an operational matter for Chief Constables and police forces. Police forces are responsible for ensuring that officers have the skills and knowledge necessary to enforce the law effectively and proportionately. This includes ensuring officers understand the distinction between road-legal Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles and illegal e-bikes. Decisions on whether a vehicle meets the legal requirements to qualify as an Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle and vehicle seizure are operational matters for the police to determine in accordance with the relevant legislation and policing guidance.
The Home Office works closely with policing partners, including the National Police Chiefs' Council, on issues relating to the enforcement of road traffic and anti-social behaviour legislation. Discussions with policing partners cover a range of issues associated with the unlawful use of vehicles, including illegally modified e-bikes and off-road vehicles. Decisions on any future regulatory measures relating to the sale of such vehicles are primarily matters for the Department for Business and Trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is taking steps to promote accredited e-bike compliance and inspection training to police forces nationally; and what guidance is being issued to ensure officers can accurately distinguish between road-legal Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles and illegal e-bikes to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is taking steps to promote accredited e-bike compliance and inspection training to police forces nationally; and what guidance is being issued to ensure officers can accurately distinguish between road-legal Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles and illegal e-bikes to...
The training of police officers is an operational matter for Chief Constables and police forces. Police forces are responsible for ensuring that officers have the skills and knowledge necessary to enforce the law effectively and proportionately. This includes ensuring officers understand the distinction between road-legal Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles and illegal e-bikes. Decisions on whether a vehicle meets the legal requirements to qualify as an Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle and vehicle seizure are operational matters for the police to determine in accordance with the relevant legislation and policing guidance.
The Home Office works closely with policing partners, including the National Police Chiefs' Council, on issues relating to the enforcement of road traffic and anti-social behaviour legislation. Discussions with policing partners cover a range of issues associated with the unlawful use of vehicles, including illegally modified e-bikes and off-road vehicles. Decisions on any future regulatory measures relating to the sale of such vehicles are primarily matters for the Department for Business and Trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to improve coordination between local authorities and police forces in tackling the illegal and antisocial use of e-bikes and off-road bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to improve coordination between local authorities and police forces in tackling the illegal and antisocial use of e-bikes and off-road bikes.
Decisions about local enforcement and partnership working are operational matters for Chief Constables and local authorities, reflecting local circumstances. The Government supports this work through the powers available to the police and local authorities and through action to prevent unsafe and illegal e-bikes entering the market. The Office for Product Safety and Standards works with local authority Trading Standards services to identify and remove unsafe products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of supporting the E-Bike Positive campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of supporting the E-Bike Positive campaign.
The Government welcomes the E-Bike Positive campaign and the Department’s advice for consumers on purchasing electrically assisted pedal cycles has been updated to refer to it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with delivery platforms on ensuring riders use only safe and road-legal e-bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with delivery platforms on ensuring riders use only safe and road-legal e-bikes.
Ministers have previously written to food delivery platforms on this matter, and those letters are available in the Library of the House.
In addition, the Department has commissioned research on the road behaviours of food delivery riders, the level of illegal e-bike usage and the extent to which the business practices of food delivery platforms may influence this. The Department’s researchers are currently in contact with food delivery platforms to inform this work, which is expected to conclude by March 2027, and we will publish the findings from it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support the police in identifying, seizing and prosecuting the use of non-compliant e-bikes on public roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support the police in identifying, seizing and prosecuting the use of non-compliant e-bikes on public roads.
The Department’s advice for consumers is clear that e-bikes that do not comply with the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983 are classed as motor vehicles and must be registered, taxed and insured to be legally used on the roads.
The police have existing powers to seize these e-bikes, where they have not been properly registered as motor vehicles, under Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
In addition, the Crime and Policing Act 2026 strengthened police powers so that they will no longer be required to provide a warning before seizing any vehicle where it is used anti-socially. This includes faster and more powerful e-bikes that have been properly registered as motor vehicles.
Robert Steele was a beautiful four-year-old boy who died three weeks ago in Newark when he was thrown from an off-road bike that was being driven by a 24-year-old man. This is the culmination of a number of incidents in my town, and many others across the country, involving off-road...
Robert Steele was a beautiful four-year-old boy who died three weeks ago in Newark when he was thrown from an off-road bike that was being driven by a 24-year-old man. This is the culmination of a number of incidents in my town, and many others across the country, involving off-road...
I am sad to hear of what happened in the right hon. Gentleman’s constituency; our thoughts are with the family. He is right to point to the scourge of off-road bikes and e-scooters, because there are simply too many incidents of the sort that he describes. If he called for...
I am sad to hear of what happened in the right hon. Gentleman’s constituency; our thoughts are with the family. He is right to point to the scourge of off-road bikes and e-scooters, because there are simply too many incidents of the sort that he describes. If he called for...
We recently consulted on the conversion kits that my hon. Friend mentions and will set out a response shortly. As somebody who formerly had responsibility for the Greater Manchester fire and rescue service, I fully understand the issue that she is raising, and she can expect a robust response on all the issues raised. I am not sure that I will be able to attend her roundtable, but I will ensure that a Minister does so.
We recently consulted on the conversion kits that my hon. Friend mentions and will set out a response shortly. As somebody who formerly had responsibility for the Greater Manchester fire and rescue service, I fully understand the issue that she is raising, and she can expect a robust response on all the issues raised. I am not sure that I will be able to attend her roundtable, but I will ensure that a Minister does so.
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab):
In a capital city still scarred by the loss of 72 lives in the Grenfell fire, we have a second equally flammable and deadly risk. In bedrooms and corridors across London, low-paid deliverers for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats are charging the tools of their trade: lethal lithium e-bike batteries. Every other day, the London Fire Brigade is called out to an e-bike battery fire, with a record 206 in 2025 alone. Will the Prime Minister commit the Government to banning the import of substandard e-bikes and converter kits, and will his Ministers attend my roundtable in October with regulators, delivery companies and insurers to find a way forward?
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab):
In a capital city still scarred by the loss of 72 lives in the Grenfell fire, we have a second equally flammable and deadly risk. In bedrooms and corridors across London, low-paid deliverers for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats are charging the tools of their trade: lethal lithium e-bike batteries. Every other day, the London Fire Brigade is called out to an e-bike battery fire, with a record 206 in 2025 alone. Will the Prime Minister commit the Government to banning the import of substandard e-bikes and converter kits, and will his Ministers attend my roundtable in October with regulators, delivery companies and insurers to find a way forward?
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab):
In a capital city still scarred by the loss of 72 lives in the Grenfell fire, we have a second equally flammable and deadly risk. In bedrooms and corridors across London, low-paid deliverers for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats are charging the tools of their trade: lethal lithium e-bike batteries. Every other day, the London Fire Brigade is called out to an e-bike battery fire, with a record 206 in 2025 alone. Will the Prime Minister commit the Government to banning the import of substandard e-bikes and converter kits, and will his Ministers attend my roundtable in October with regulators, delivery companies and insurers to find a way forward?
We recently consulted on the conversion kits that my hon. Friend mentions and will set out a response shortly. As somebody who formerly had responsibility for the Greater Manchester fire and rescue service, I fully understand the issue that she is raising, and she can expect a robust response on all the issues raised. I am not sure that I will be able to attend her roundtable, but I will ensure that a Minister does so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to ban the (a) importation and (b) sale of conversion kits for e-bikes that do not require the rider to pedal, including Sur-Ron e-bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to ban the (a) importation and (b) sale of conversion kits for e-bikes that do not require the rider to pedal, including Sur-Ron e-bikes.
This Government is providing new powers through the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 to act against online marketplaces selling unsafe products, including e-bikes and e-bikes batteries.
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) recently consulted on the introduction of detailed regulations under the powers in this Act, including a new product safety framework. The consultation closed on 23 June 2026 and BIST is reviewing the responses to it before deciding on further action.