Fireworks

Trade and Industry written question – answered at on 28 October 2003.

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Photo of Jim Cunningham Jim Cunningham Labour, Coventry South

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

(1) what efforts are being made to reduce the risks that are present when consumers purchase fireworks from illegitimate outlets;

(2) what guidance she gives to the public on ensuring that the fireworks that they buy are from legitimate sources.

Photo of Gerry Sutcliffe Gerry Sutcliffe Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Trade and Industry) (Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs)

Under the Explosives Act 1875, which is the responsibility of the Health and Safety Executive, retail premises are required to be registered with the local authority in order to store and display fireworks for sale. The 1875 Act also makes it illegal to sell fireworks in the street. Trading standards departments are responsible for enforcing these measures giving them particular priority during the firework season.

The Department, through the annual fireworks safety campaign, urges the public to take care when using fireworks and make sure when buying fireworks they are marked as complying with British Standard 7114, the British safety standard for consumer fireworks.

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