Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 122194

Furniture: Fire Prevention

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 27 March 2026

Question

Vicky Foxcroft

LabourLewisham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendation from the Environmental Audit Committee's Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life report of 2019 to end the use of the ‘ma

Answer

Kate Dearden
Whilst the government is not aware of any evidence that directly links elevated cancer rates to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 (the FFRs), we recognise that there is an increasing body of evidence to support action to reduc...

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