Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department plans to strengthen the regulation of lithium-ion batteries and conversion kits available to modify e-bikes.

Under existing UK product regulations, lithium-ion batteries and e-bike conversion kits must be safe before being placed on the market. Businesses are responsible for complying with all relevant regulatory requirements, including providing necessary information and warnings to enable safe use.

The Government sought views on whether targeted regulations may be appropriate for product types raised in the passage of the Product Regulation and Metrology Act, including lithium-ion batteries in our product safety framework consultation. We are carefully considering the responses and will publish our response in due course.