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Fireworks: Regulation

Asked by Cat EcclesLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 90646

The question

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.

Answered by Kate Dearden

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 and Wales.

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