Written questions

Animal Welfare: Fireworks

Commons · Question 84685 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 31 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Imran Hussain

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of high-decibel fireworks on animal welfare; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a m

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 31 Oct 2025

No specific assessment has been made of the potential impact of high-decibel fireworks on animal welfare or the merits of reducing the permissible noise limits of fireworks used for public and private functions. However, the Government is continuing to en...