Barbecues: Fires

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of disposable barbecues on wildfire risk in West Dorset.


Answered by
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Portrait
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 8th September 2026

Retailers have already been informed that disposable barbecues must be removed from sale immediately. The temporary measure will remain under review but will stay in place while the heightened wildfire risk continues.

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