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Furniture: Fire Prevention |
| Question ID: |
1817238 |
| UIN: |
HL8900 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
2593 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Freyberg
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Lord Freyberg
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that fire safety testing requirements for domestic furniture do not hinder product recyclability or circular economy goals; and what consideration they have made of the introduction of a |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
The Government plans to reform the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 to maintain a high level of fire safety while facilitating a reduction in the use of chemical flame retardants as set out in the policy paper, ‘The fire safety o... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |