PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cycling and Motorcycles: Delivery Services (29 June 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with representatives from (a) Deliveroo, (b) UberEats and (c) other online food ordering and delivery companies to ensure that (i) bicycles and (ii) mopeds used to deliver food meet minimum road safety requirements.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

Employers have a duty to manage the risks of their work activities and employees have a responsibility to drive safely. Anyone using a bicycle or moped on the highway has a responsibility to ensure that their vehicle meets specific standards that comply with the law in the interests of their own safety and that of other road users.

Answered by:
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
7 July 2020