Member

The Ministers know that there is a real problem with e-bike crime all across the areas that I have identified in these amendments, and which other noble Lords have spoken about. Of course the amendments are technically flawed, but I am certain, as my noble friend Lord Goschen has said, that we will have to come back on Report in two months’ time with some better amendments that address the issues that noble Lords have highlighted today and in previous debates. There will never be a better opportunity than this Bill to tackle the scourge of out of control e-bike crime, clutter and inconvenience, illegal batteries and sellers, and deaths from fires and road injuries. I urge Ministers in the Home Office to bring us back amendments and new clauses that we can all support. I am happy to work with all noble Lords to see whether we can draft some finely constructed amendments that would not offend my noble friend Lord Hailsham on any legal technicalities. I beg to move.