Furniture: Fire Prevention

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reasons her Department is proposing a sector-specific UK testing framework for furniture fire safety rather than adopting a general product safety approach.

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1. 29 May 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reasons her Department is proposing a sector-specific UK testing framework for furniture fire safety rather than adopting a general product safety approach.

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2. 8 June 2026

   Answer

   In its consultation, Product regulation: fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture, the Government has taken an evidence-based approach, informed by extensive stakeholder engagement and the best available fire safety data. We have proposed to retain b...

   Source: Written answer

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