Delivery Services: Robots — Written Question

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce a statutory definition of (a) autonomous delivery robots and (b) Personal Delivery Devices; what assessment she has made of the impact of such devices on pavement accessibility an

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Advances in technology have the potential to boost our economy and undertake dangerous jobs such as highways maintenance, but it's important the safety of pedestrians and vulnerable road users is put first. We have announced that we intend to trial paveme...

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