Sale Of Fireworks To Children Under Sixteen

EDM number 1523 in 1994-95, proposed by Richard Burden on 26/10/1995.

That this House, whilst welcoming the Government campaign on the issue of firework safety, especially given that the 1994 figures showed another unwelcome increase of 48 per cent. on the previous year, in the number of reported firework injuries, expresses its concern that there is such confusion over which body enforces the law governing the sale of fireworks to children under 16 years, despite the fact that a third of the injuries were due to illegal misuse, often by children; notes with regret that trading standards authorities in metropolitan areas had their responsibility for the enforcement of this law removed by the revocation in March 1995 of the Firework (Safety) Regulations 1986 as part of the Government's obsession with deregulation; acknowledges the view expressed by the trading standards professions who regard as unworkable the proposition that the General Product Safety Regulations 1994 should be used by them instead to enforce age of purchase legislation; agrees with the assessment of the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Police Federation that trading standards remain a more effective and appropriate enforcement authority than the police force who do not welcome the extra responsibility; and shares the opinion expressed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents that this reduction in controls governing the sale of fireworks to children under 16 years will lead to an increase the number of injuries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Richard Burden	26/10/1995	Birmingham, Northfield		Proposed
Nigel Griffiths	26/10/1995	Edinburgh South		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/10/1995	Islington North		Signed
Alan Williams	30/10/1995	Swansea West		Signed
Paddy Tipping	30/10/1995	Sherwood		Signed
Bill Michie	30/10/1995	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	30/10/1995	Thurrock		Signed
Joan Ruddock	30/10/1995	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Clive Betts	31/10/1995	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
John Battle	31/10/1995	Leeds West		Signed
Harry Barnes	31/10/1995	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Michael Connarty	31/10/1995	Falkirk East		Signed
David Clelland	31/10/1995	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Lynne Jones	31/10/1995	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Eric Illsley	31/10/1995	Barnsley Central		Signed
Colin Pickthall	31/10/1995	West Lancashire		Signed
David Hanson	31/10/1995	Delyn		Signed
Norman Godman	01/11/1995	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Mike Hall	01/11/1995	Warrington South		Signed
Janet Anderson	01/11/1995	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	01/11/1995	Durham, City of		Signed
Dennis Turner	01/11/1995	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Jim Wallace	01/11/1995	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	01/11/1995	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
John Cummings	01/11/1995	Easington		Signed
Peter Hardy	01/11/1995	Wentworth		Signed
Glenda Jackson	01/11/1995	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Helen Jackson	01/11/1995	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Ian McCartney	01/11/1995	Makerfield		Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/11/1995	Knowsley South		Signed
Jean Corston	01/11/1995	Bristol East		Signed
John Gunnell	02/11/1995	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
John Evans	02/11/1995	St Helens North		Signed
Jamie Cann	02/11/1995	Ipswich		Signed
Keith Bradley	02/11/1995	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Eric Martlew	02/11/1995	Carlisle		Signed
Ken Livingstone	02/11/1995	Brent East		Signed
Kevin Hughes	02/11/1995	Doncaster North		Signed
Keith Vaz	03/11/1995	Leicester East		Signed
Michael Clapham	06/11/1995	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed

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