Published on 12, July, 2020
It is, unfortunately, that time of the year when fireworks become an increasing menace to many people and animals.
I have submitted 14 separate occurrences of fireworks to Firework Abatement UK (https://fireworkabatement.wordpress.com/fireworkslog/) since I found the website in April and I encourage people to submit their own reports to the site. The organisation seems to be doing a decent job of trying to improve the regulation of fireworks and submitting data will help the cause. Perhaps one day will be be rid of the fireworks menace.
You may also wish to support the RSPCA's firework campaign calling for an urgent review of firework regulations:https://www.rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/campaign/fireworks
Firework Abatement UK reports (https://fireworkabatement.wordpress.com/2018/11/15/whooo-hooooo-another-firework-debate/) reports that there will be another fireworks debate by MPs on 26th November at 4.30 p.m.
The debates relates to the petition 'ban the sale of fireworks to the public. Displays for licenced venues only.' (https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231147), which, at the time of writing, has gained nearly 285,000 signatures.
This will be the third fireworks debate in two years and, I am given to understand, represents an unprecedented level of debate on a single issue via the petition website.
Please contact your MP to ask them to attend the debate and to speak in favour of the petition.
For anyone interested, this link will allow you to watch (or listen) to the debate:https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/11ebe695-5f06-4aea-8424-7ab9dbc1c465
This page contains a transcript of the debate:https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-11-26/debates/C95047CD-F24E-44DA-BE73-FC571B014CEF/FireworksPublicSales
It tells you something about this government when the person closing the debates states:"I would like to be able to thank the Minister, but in 21 years I have seldom heard a response that took so little cognisance of the debate that had just happened."
Pretty damning.
If you want to watch the minister's speech, it starts around 19.52. The closing remarks begin around 19.19: watch the minister's reactions and listen to her attempts to intervene (or read the transcript from 7.19).
Unfortunately for me, the minister is my MP. I have e-mailed her to let her know that I agreed with the debate's closing remarks.