Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 11337

Tabled: 18 June 2026

Question

Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist PartySouth Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changing from open flame standards to smoulder only test on the number of (a) deaths caused by fire and (b) home fires per year.

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