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Driverless Vehicles and Unmanned Air Systems: Regulation |
| Question ID: |
1788591 |
| UIN: |
HL6136 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5366 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Pidgeon
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| Asking Member handle: |
CarolinePidgeon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@CarolinePidgeon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans the Regulatory Innovation Office has for regulating self-driving delivery robots that operate primarily on pavements, alongside regulation of airborne drones. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5363 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answer text: |
The Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) is not a regulator. Responsibility for regulating pavement robots and drones lies with the Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority, respectively. One of the RIO’s current focuses is 'drones & ot... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |