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E-scooters: follow-up

Non-inquiry session

The Transport Committee published a report on e-scooters in October 2020. It concluded that e-scooters have the potential to offer a low-cost, accessible and environmentally-friendly alternative to the private car, but warned that any plans for legislation should not be to the detriment of pedestrians, particularly disabled people. Since we published that report, the local trial periods for e-scooter hire schemes have been extended, and the expected legislation on this subject has not yet come forward.

The Committee plans to revisit the topic of e-scooters to catch up on findings from the ongoing trials and the progress that has been made in assessing their safety, impact on congestion and the experience of pedestrians. This follows the recent publication of the Department for Transport's e-scooter trials evaluation report.

We welcome written evidence from individuals and organisations who would like to update the Committee on lessons learned and emerging issues since our initial inquiry, about the trials or about e-scooter use in general.

You can see the written evidence received by the Committee for its previous inquiry here; we will continue to take this into account. Please note that the Committee does not consider individual cases. Please do not comment in your evidence on matters currently, or about to be, before a court of law or subject to an inquest. Contact the Committee staff if you have any queries about the evidence we can accept.

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The deadline for submissions was 12:59am on 22 February 2023.

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Past events

Wednesday 17 May 2023
9:30am Public
Oral evidence session 17 May 2023
E-scooters: follow-up - Oral evidence
9:30am
  • Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP (Minister of State at Department for Transport)
  • Anthony Ferguson (Deputy Director for Traffic and Technology at Department for Transport)
Self-driving vehicles - Oral evidence
10:00am
  • Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP (Minister of State at Department for Transport)
  • Claire Wren (Director for Future Transport Systems and Environment at Department for Transport)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 8 February 2023
9:30am Public
E-scooters: follow-up - Oral evidence 8 February 2023
9:30am
  • Commander Kyle Gordon (NPCC Lead for Roads Policing Operations at National Police Chiefs' Council)
  • Clive Wood (Lead Regional Policy and Campaigns Manager at Guide dogs)
  • Justin Stevenson (Head of Design at Halfords)
  • David G Davies (Executive Director at Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety)
10:30am
  • Brian Matthews (Head of Transport Innovation at Milton Keynes Council)
  • Matthew Pencharz (Head of Policy for UK, Ireland and Netherlands at Voi)
  • Councillor Daniel Barrington (Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency, Transport and Environment at Liverpool City Council)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

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