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Fireworks

Proceeding contribution from Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Monday, 29 January 2018. It occurred during e-petition debate on Fireworks.

Can the Minister assure me and many other Members in the Chamber today that this new body will consider the fact that, as long as fireworks

are pretty freely available to anybody over the age of 18, and despite the powers and the enforcing authorities that he has said will take action against the irresponsible misuse of fireworks, prosecutions will be extremely difficult, because of the nature of the crime? As we have heard today, quite literally the evidence goes up in smoke, people scatter and there is no evidence left to prosecute anybody. Is that something that the new body he is talking about will examine?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
635 c261WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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