Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to address the anomaly whereby using an electric bicycle requires a motorcycle licence and needs to be registered with the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency NI.

Driver licensing and the use of electrically assisted pedal cycles on public roads in Northern Ireland is a transferred matter. Until the NI Assembly re-convene there are no plans to bring forward legislation on this issue.