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Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Sep. 02 2022

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: of fireworks  to the general public. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/557780 4073 Nationwide  

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

Mentions:
1: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) That includes restricting the days on which fireworks can be sold to and used by the general public. - Speech Link
2: Mackay, Rona (SNP - Strathkelvin and Bearsden) The Government wants people to enjoy fireworks safely and to reduce the public nuisance that they are - Speech Link
3: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) that fireworks can be sold to the public and the volume that can be supplied, as well as the times that - Speech Link
4: Brown, Siobhian (SNP - Ayr) For the majority of the country, public possession and use of fireworks are banned in order to reduce - Speech Link
5: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) to the general public, but at the least it would like the days on which fireworks can be sold and used - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Misuse of Fireworks Bill
2nd reading - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Sarah Owen (LAB - Luton North) That is where I will start.The current decibel limit for fireworks is 120 dB. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Owen (LAB - Luton North) We have to put on a white noise sound on a tablet in her room in order to reduce the sound of the bangs - Speech Link
3: Sarah Owen (LAB - Luton North) We don’t want to ruin anyone’s fun but we urge the public to understand how distressing noisy fireworks - Speech Link
4: Sarah Owen (LAB - Luton North) If many people understood what a particular decibel level was and the impact that it would have on the - Speech Link

Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: Maximum Decibel Limit of Fireworks https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/277835 50 Make political

Westminster Hall
Fireworks: Sale and Use - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) We should look at ways to reduce the massive demands on the NHS that we hear about and at the impact - Speech Link
2: Sarah Owen (LAB - Luton North) any fireworks past the existing 11 pm curfew and to reduce the production and availability of louder - Speech Link
3: Alan Whitehead (LAB - Southampton, Test) decibel levels, and when there is perhaps legislation on the statute books, or on the way to the statute - Speech Link
4: Paul Scully (CON - Sutton and Cheam) and what other action is being taken.There is a 120 dB noise limit on fireworks available to consumers - Speech Link
5: Paul Scully (CON - Sutton and Cheam) on use of fireworks, to commission noise research—admittedly yet to be published—to test the decibel - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Fireworks - Tue 03 Nov 2020

Mentions:
1: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) on the packaging of the products that they purchase to reduce the risk of harm and injury. - Speech Link
2: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) industry with a view to setting a maximum decibel limit, which would diminish the risks to animal health - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Fireworks - Mon 02 Nov 2020
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Tonia Antoniazzi (LAB - Gower) fireworks altogether, they be sold for licensed events only, rather than to the general public, and - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) fireworks only to those holding formal events, that we regulate noise, and that we limit the dates on - Speech Link
3: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) However, lower-decibel fireworks should be used to reduce the number of animals affected.Cats Protection - Speech Link
4: Alan Whitehead (LAB - Southampton, Test) order to limit firework displays only to public events. - Speech Link
5: Paul Scully (CON - Sutton and Cheam) In addition, a restriction on fireworks sold to the public by retail outlets could lead to more individuals - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
e-petition 276425, relating to the sale of fireworks - CDP-2020-0119
Oct. 29 2020

Found: e-petition 276425, relating to the sale of fireworks

Closed Petition closed 2nd April 2021

Review and reduce the decibel limit on fireworks sold to the public - Final Signatures: 6,952

The Government should review the decibel limit on over the counter fireworks, and reduce this to a lower limit that will preserve the health and safety of the public by reducing possible noise-induced hearing damage as well as giving respite to pets and those suffering from PTSD.

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Found: The current limit is 120 dB, but noise above 70 dB over a prolonged period of time may start to damage

Scottish Government Publication (Consultation analysis)
Safer Communities Directorate

Oct. 04 2019

Source Page: Fireworks in Scotland: analysis of responses to consultation
Document: A Consultation on fireworks in Scotland: Your experiences, your ideas, your views : Analysis of responses to the public consultation exercise (PDF)

Found: Fireworks in Scotland: analysis of responses to consultation