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Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2 - Wed 01 Jun 2022

Mentions:
1: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) There are people who want to ban the sale of fireworks altogether, for lots of reasons, and we have spoken - Speech Link
2: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) of restrictions on the days on which fireworks can be sold to the general public. - Speech Link
3: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) by the general public is most prevalent. - Speech Link
4: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) There has been a ban on the public use of fireworks in public places in the United Kingdom since 1876 - Speech Link
5: Clark, Katy (Lab - West Scotland) If the provision were enacted, a local authority could decide to ban fireworks in the vicinity of, for - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2 - Wed 25 May 2022

Mentions:
1: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) and members of the general public who have made their views on the need for legislative change clear - Speech Link
2: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) presumption, not a ban. - Speech Link
3: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) allows for the court to make a judgment as to the facts of the sale. - Speech Link
4: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) to buy more fireworks because they are for a public display.I agree that the issue has not been addressed - Speech Link
5: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) a previous conviction does not lead to a blanket ban on their holding a fireworks licence, nor will - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Tue 03 May 2022

Mentions:
1: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) to designate firework control zones in which it will be an offence for the general public to use fireworks - Speech Link
2: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) complex for the general public to know on which days they can set off fireworks and when they cannot.The - Speech Link
3: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) The overarching principles of the bill will ban the private use, sale and purchase of fireworks for defined - Speech Link
4: Brown, Siobhian (SNP - Ayr) a full ban on the sale of fireworks to the public. - Speech Link
5: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) It is also suggested that by allowing only lower-noise fireworks for sale to the public, people might - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Select Committee
A report by the Criminal Justice Committee on the general principles of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill.
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report

Report Apr. 28 2022

Committee: Criminal Justice Committee

Found: Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report A report by the Criminal Justice Committee


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Wed 30 Mar 2022

Mentions:
1: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) The culture change that you talked about relates to the general public, but some people are behaving - Speech Link
2: MacGregor, Fulton (SNP - Coatbridge and Chryston) That seems to be the general trend. - Speech Link
3: MacGregor, Fulton (SNP - Coatbridge and Chryston) The bill seeks to introduce certain days and times for the sale and use of fireworks, but are you able - Speech Link
4: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) the sale and use of fireworks. - Speech Link
5: MacGregor, Fulton (SNP - Coatbridge and Chryston) the sale and use of fireworks. - Speech Link
6: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) the sale and use of fireworks. - Speech Link
7: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) the sale and use of fireworks. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Wed 23 Mar 2022

Mentions:
1: Mackay, Rona (SNP - Strathkelvin and Bearsden) In last year’s public consultation, 94 per cent of people wanted greater control over sale of fireworks - Speech Link
2: None UK—they are for sale online. - Speech Link
3: Nicoll, Audrey (SNP - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) to put a ban in place; that would be a decision for the UK Parliament. - Speech Link
4: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) over 25.To go back to the issue of pyrotechnics, I do not know whether the general public understand - Speech Link
5: None The general public are not aware that what was happening there was illegal. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Mar. 22 2022
View source webpage
The Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 1 February 2022 by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Keith Brown MSP. The Bill's objective is to protect public and community safety by ensuring that fireworks and pyrotechnics do not cause harm, distress or serious injury.

Found: Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Mon 21 Mar 2022

Mentions:
1: Nicoll, Audrey (SNP - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) I will open with the usual general question, which is for Chief Inspector Robison first and then for - Speech Link
2: Mackay, Rona (SNP - Strathkelvin and Bearsden) the public in our previous public engagement, there was wide support for an outright ban on fireworks - Speech Link
3: None an outright ban on fireworks. - Speech Link
4: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) a nationwide approach to the restriction of sale and purchase of fireworks. - Speech Link
5: None the use of the word “supply”, it seems fairly clear to us that there is a locus in Scotland for the sale - Speech Link


Select Committee
Ofcom, BBC World Service, Vera Tolz (Sir William Mather Professor of Russian Studies, The University of Manchester), and Chatham House
Ofcom, BBC World Service, Vera Tolz, and Chatham House

Oral Evidence Mar. 16 2022

Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Committee

Found: Chatham House Ofcom, BBC World Service, Vera Tolz (Sir William Mather Professor of Russian Studies, The


Select Committee
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Oral Evidence Mar. 16 2022

Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation Committee

Found: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oral