Fire Resistant Materials: Health Hazards

(asked on 13th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government Response to the Environmental Audit Committee's Twentieth Report of Session 2017–19 on Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life, published on 30 October 2019, HC160, if he will report on his Department’s review of the status of baby and children’s products within the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the evidence heard by that Committee on the effect of the chemicals in flame retardants on children’s health.


Answered by
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Paul Scully
This question was answered on 16th July 2020

The Government published its response to the Environmental Audit Committee's Twentieth Report of Session 2017–19 on Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life (EAC) on the 16 September 2019. It committed to reviewing the scope of the furniture and fire safety regs including baby and children’s products. This remains the case.

We will consider all available evidence including that which was submitted to the EAC and we will source a wide range of expertise in consultation with Chief Scientific Advisor.

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