Animal Welfare: Fireworks
Commons · Question 10062 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research into the (a) public health and (b) animal welfare impact of quiet fireworks.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 24 Oct 2024
The Government is looking at existing policy to decide if and where policy changes may be needed. We also intend to engage with business, consumer groups and charities to gather evidence on issues with and impacts of fireworks, including on animal welfare...