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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November to Question 77605 on Pets: Fireworks, what steps her Department has taken to evaluate the benefits to household pets and wildlife of reducing the maximum permitted noise level of fireworks for public sale from 120dB to 90dB.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy leads on legislation regarding the sale of fireworks. We engage with BEIS to ensure that animal welfare needs are represented in the development of policy. Defra has not evaluated the benefits of reducing the maximum permitted noise level of fireworks for public sale.