Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade on the potential impact of the proposed reduction in the maximum permitted noise level for consumer fireworks on animal welfare.

Defra ministers regularly engage with their counterparts across Government and have met ministers at the department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) to discuss firework policy. Defra will continue to engage with BIST following the consultation on fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK.