The Government partly agrees with this recommendation. An appropriate and effective regulatory legal framework for e-scooter use will, of course, be a priority and work is underway to understand, for example, the lessons that can be gleaned from other countries and a variety of stakeholders. However, the prior stage is to fully understand the impacts— both positive and negative—of this new mode. Only then will the Government make any decisions about legislating for the long term and the regulatory underpinning to ensure e-scooters are used as safely and efficiently as possible. Evaluation of e-scooter trials across the country will provide us with the evidence needed about their impacts as well as what cities and other stakeholders consider the most appropriate regulatory framework to be.