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Fireworks: Regulation

Commons · Question 90646 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Cat Eccles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to adopt a UK-wide model similar to the Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Act (Scotland) 2022, which empowers local authorities to set up fireworks-free zones.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 21 Nov 2025

There are currently no plans to adopt such a model UK-wide. The Government regularly engages with its counterparts in Scotland is keen to understand the impact Firework Control Zones have made before considering if similar changes are needed for England a...