Member

I assure the noble Baroness that the Government share her concern about the recent increase in deaths as a result of lithium battery fires. The data she shared shows that there is effective collaboration between OPSS and the fire service on this. She mentioned the London Fire Brigade; its product-related fire notification data transfers show that it has attended 176 product-related fires involving some form of lithium-ion battery. As a direct result, OPSS and regulators were able to take effective action to protect consumers using products such as e-bikes and e-scooters.