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Electric Scooters

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 184375, tabled on 20 April 2021

Question

Kerry McCarthy
Labour
Bristol East
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on electric scooters.

Answer

Rachel Maclean
Conservative
Redditch
Commons

Answered on

26 April 2021

Trials are live in 31 areas and will shortly begin in London. The evidence gathered during the trials will inform whether e-scooters should be legalised in the future, and how we can ensure their use is as safe as possible. Until we have that evidence we cannot commit to a legislative timetable.

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