Question follow-through · 62054
Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of bonfires involving non-garden waste materials on (a) the environment and (b) public health.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of bonfires involving non-garden waste materials on (a) the environment and (b) public health.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
Existing laws prevent burning household waste if it will cause pollution or harm people’s health. Local authorities may also issue an abatement notice if smoke from bonfires causes a nuisance. We have published further guidance on this issue Reducing air ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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