Question follow-through · 4453
Furniture: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether an assessment was made of the potential merits of including second-hand furniture in the scope of the 2026 Office for Product Safety and Standards consultation on furniture fire safety regulati
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether an assessment was made of the potential merits of including second-hand furniture in the scope of the 2026 Office for Product Safety and Standards consultation on furniture fire safety regulati
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The consultation, Product regulation: fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture outlines the Government’s intention to remove second-hand domestic furniture from the scope of the reformed Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations, instead ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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