Furniture: Fire Prevention
Commons · Question 97871 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the use of formaldehyde and other chemicals in fire retardants for furniture.
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 17 Dec 2025
As set out in the policy paper the fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture, published in January 2025, we are reviewing the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 (FFRs) with the aim of maintaining a high level of fire safety whi...