United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76246
Furniture: Fire Prevention
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10 September 2025
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15 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to update the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988 to (a) remove chemical flame retardants, (b) provide additional support to furniture manufacturers, (
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10 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to update the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988 to (a) remove chemical flame retardants, (b) provide additional support to furniture manufacturers, (
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15 September 2025
Answer
The policy paper ‘The fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture’, published on 22 January, set out that the Government is committed to delivering reforms to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 that maintain a high level of f...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-10/76246
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1833895
- uk · wq-1833895 · source updated 15 September 2025