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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 December 2025

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

The second one is the Tesway X9 all-wheel drive, 4,000-watt dual-motor electric mountain bike. It has a 48-volt, 30-amp-hour Samsung battery, with a weight of 48 kilograms and a speed of 64 kilometres per hour. The advert says that it is suitable for “off-road and commuting”. Talk about putting up two fingers to the law. Commuting? How has a 48-kilogram bike, capable of speeds of 64 kilometres per hour, been advertised as suitable for commuting? Of course, the sellers will say that the commuting they envisage is probably a sheep farmer going from his house to check on the sheep up on Blencathra, the mountain.

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