Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 76246

Furniture: Fire Prevention

Tabled: 10 September 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Valerie Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to update the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988 to (a) remove chemical flame retardants, (b) provide additional support to furniture manufacturers, (

Answer

Kate Dearden

The policy paper ‘The fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture’, published on 22 January, set out that the Government is committed to delivering reforms to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 that maintain a high level of f...

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