This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Petition Make Firework Safety Compulsory in Schools
Banning the sale of fireworks to the public has been debated in Parliament (2018) but concluded that it would be difficult to police.
Rather than ban fireworks, firework safety should be make compulsory in schools to teach children about the potential dangers and educate them on how to stay safe.
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Petition to ban fireworks being sold to the public received 300K+ signatures.
Chris Kemp: "Whatever legislation there is, we will always have people trying to evade it and go under the radar. If a total ban was introduced, I am sure it would push the sale of fireworks underground, into a black market.
ACC Prophet: “If a black market became available, it would be even more difficult to police than the situation we currently have, which would be a really unhelpful unintended consequence.
This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website
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Petitions Committee report
The Petitions Committee has been looking into fireworks after so many people in recent years have signed petitions calling for greater restrictions on their sale and use by the general public. The Committee has heard from people and organisations on all sides of the argument about fireworks.
The Committee's inquiry has now finished and we thought you'd be interested to know that its report, with recommendations to the Government, will be published on Tuesday 5 November.
A link to the report will go live on the Committee's fireworks inquiry webpage from 00.01 hours on Tuesday 5 November:
A summary of the key points will be published here, from 9am on Tuesday 5 November:
https://houseofcommons.shorthandstories.com/petitionsfireworks/index.html