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Delivery Services: Robots

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 1 July 2026UIN 14244

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered excluding autonomous delivery robots from plans for micromobility regulation.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Government has committed to pursuing legislative reform for micromobility vehicles when parliamentary time allows by creating a ‘Low-speed Zero Emission Vehicle’ category. This could be used to regulate pavement robots in future. Any new regulations would be subject to public consultation and impact assessment before they came into force.

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