Westminster Hall
21 October 2026
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Westminster Hall Actual start House of Commons
Follow its sittings15:29 - 15:37
Speaker 1
Order. Helen Maguire to move the motion.
15:37 - 17:11
Speaker 2
Thank you. I beg to move that this House has considered the regulation of e-scooters and e-bikes. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Stringer. And I'm absolutely pleased to have secured this debate and really grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue that needs urgently progressing. It's a timely debate because last week I hosted a round table on this very topic.
There were 25 individuals that attended. There were senior ranking representatives from nine police forces from across the country, five police and crime commissioners, one borough commander, one assistant chief constable. And the officers that were present were from the Met, Derbyshire, Merseyside, Surrey, Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, Devon and Cornwall. There were industry representatives, campaigners, policy experts, academics, doctors and MPs. And I'm thankful to all those who attended and shared their insights and expertise with me and those other MPs that were there.
The fact that so many individuals representing diverse groups and interests traveled across the UK to London to speak about this issue highlights the urgency and the need for action. So how did this issue become so important to me? It all first started when I was canvassing to become an MP and I met so many constituents who raised the issue of e-scooters and e-bikes in my constituency in Epsom and Ewell.
It became a top issue. And one of my constituents, Ed Dark, told me that his little boy is now too scared to go to the park, the beautiful park that's next to his house, due to the... I will, yes.
17:11 - 17:49
Speaker 3
I thank the honorable... I thank the honorable member for giving way. Many people in my constituency of Wolverhampton West feel frightened and intimidated when just walking out on the pavement can run the risk of being in collision with a e-scooter or e-bike. And I have raised the matter with the police, but they say that they are unable to take action unless the riders are caught riding the vehicle.
So does my honorable friend agree that we need greater enforcement powers, clearer national guidance, and stronger controls on the sales of illegal e-scooters and e-bikes so that we can better protect our residents and restore confidence in our neighborhoods?
17:49 - 18:17
Speaker 2
I thank the honorable member for his intervention. I absolutely agree with everything and I will be talking about these points in my speech. So Edward Dark's son, he was walking home from school one day and he was nearly hit by an e-scooter. Now this could have been fatal. Thankfully it wasn't.
Another constituent told me that they've even considered moving house. Just consider that, moving house because of the e-scooter misuse in their neighborhood. One told me that her... Yes.
18:17 - 18:30
Speaker 4
I thank the member for giving way and she has rightfully got a debate on an extremely important topic. In the summer in Tamworth, we had an extremely serious collision between a six-year-old girl and an e-motorbike.
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