Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 94992
Fireworks: Regulation
Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025
Question
Afzal Khan
Labour — Manchester Rusholme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the power, noise levels, and explosive force of consumer fireworks currently permitted for public sale compared with products available in previous decades.
Answer
Kate DeardenThe Government published The Firework Noise testing report on 2 February 2023. The project measured the noise levels of fireworks commonly sold for public use in the UK. There has been no recent assessment of the power and explosive force of consumer fire...
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