Question follow-through · 66829

Barbecues: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities (a) in West Dorset constituency (b) nationwide to limit the use of disposable barbecues during periods of high wildfire

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
14 Jul 2025
Answer
17 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities (a) in West Dorset constituency (b) nationwide to limit the use of disposable barbecues during periods of high wildfire

  2. 14 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has no plans to ban disposable barbeques. Local authorities already have powers to apply local bans on council or public land. It is a crime to litter a disposable barbecue for which councils have powers to issue fixed penalty notices of up...

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