Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle the sale of illegally modified e-bikes.

E-bikes can only be legally used on the roads where they comply in full with the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983.

The Product Regulation and Metrology Act received Royal Assent in July. One of the main aims of the Act is to prevent unsafe products, including illegally modified e-bikes, being made available to consumers by online marketplaces.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has a market surveillance unit and has the powers to act against retailers selling non-compliant e-bikes, including those that have been modified.

The police also have the powers to seize non-complaint e-bikes being used on the public roads.