Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 90646

Fireworks: Regulation

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025

Question

Cat Eccles

LabourStourbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to adopt a UK-wide model similar to the Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Act (Scotland) 2022, which empowers local authorities to set up fireworks-free zones.

Answer

Kate Dearden
There are currently no plans to adopt such a model UK-wide. The Government regularly engages with its counterparts in Scotland is keen to understand the impact Firework Control Zones have made before considering if similar changes are needed for England a...

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