Fireworks: Smuggling
Commons · Question 105172 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Sharon Hodgson
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment of the fireworks black market his Department has made to determine whether further restrictions on sales and use of fireworks would fuel illegal trade.
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 19 Jan 2026
No recent formal assessment of the fireworks legislation has been made including whether further restrictions on sales and use would fuel illegal trade or whether the 120 dB noise limit for consumer firework is sufficient.I launched a public campaign on f...