Question follow-through · 84684
Fireworks: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning unlicensed traders from selling fireworks to the public during specific festive periods.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning unlicensed traders from selling fireworks to the public during specific festive periods.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2025
Answer published
No recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of current legislation governing the sale and use of fireworks in England and Wales including the purchase from registered sellers during specific dates. Enforcement powers exist for local authorities to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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