Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 1647
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Imports
Tabled: 25 July 2024
Answered: 31 July 2024
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prohibit the importing of (a) electric scooters and (b) electric bikes from countries that do not comply with UK safety standards.
Answer
Justin MaddersUK product safety legislation requires manufacturers or importers placing products on the UK market, including e-bikes and e-scooters, to ensure those products are safe. Regulators have powers to require that unsafe products are removed from sale.We will ...
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