Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
2026-07-21 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · HL2476 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports in The Times on 4 April that domestic chemical flame-retardant requirements increase the cost of UK sofas compared with EU and global markets by up to 30 per cent.
Answer
Following the 2023 consultation ‘Smarter Regulation: Fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture’, the Government engaged extensively with a wide range of stakeholders, including manufacturers and upholsterers to build our evidence base, including on th...