Member

In response to the noble Baroness’s Bristol example, we will need separate primary legislation to legalise these pavement robots. We have committed to bringing this legislation forward when time allows. If they are legalised—by saying that, I make it clear that currently they are not—then, as the Bill is drafted, our licensing regime can be extended to them, so that they can operate only with a licence from the local authority. They are covered under the definition of non-passenger vehicles in the Bill.