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Closed Full ban on the purchase of fireworks & displays.

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Firework explosions are producing blind panic in animals that are lead to serious injury, deep-rooted, debilitating fears and death. The explosion of fireworks also releases poisonous chemicals and particle-laden smoke, contaminating our natural environment. A ban on public use will simply not work.

The explosion of a firework which can emit sounds of up to 190 decibels, a full 110 to 115 decibels higher than the 75- to 80-decibel range, where damage to the human ear begins & is proportionately more disturbing to for an animal.

There is an evident need to protect both companion animals and wild animals from fireworks harm, and this need is growing with each passing year. A ban on public use only protects domesticated animals and forget about wildlife.

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    Nearly 750,000 people have signed petitions about fireworks in the last three years.

    There are now 12 petitions calling for changes to the law. 11 call for greater restrictions on fireworks. The petition with the most signatures calls for a ban on fireworks being sold to and used by the public. There's also a petition against a ban.

    The Petitions Committee has scheduled several debates about fireworks in the House of Commons and, because so many people clearly have strong views, has now decided to investigate fireworks law in a new inquiry.

    You can find out more about the inquiry when details are published at 11am on Wednesday 27 February:

    http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/fireworks-inquiry-17-19/

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