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(2) if she will review the definition of butane product in the Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999.
Mr Hanson:
(2) if she will review the definition of butane product in the Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999.
Mr Hanson:
The Government has no plans to review the definition of butane in the Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999.
We recently wrote to all summer festival organisers to highlight concerns we have about the availability of gases such as nitrous oxide at festivals and asked them to take steps to prevent the sale of these gases. We have received a number of positive responses to this request.
Nitrous oxide has a number of legitimate medical and industrial uses, but any suggestion of misuse, particularly by young people is of concern. It is currently an offence to sell any gas for the purpose of causing intoxication to anyone under the age of 18, including over the internet, under the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress his Department has made in implementing his direction of the Secretary of State under regulation 35(2) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, as reaffirmed in May this year, with regard to the safety of lighters in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress his Department has made in implementing his direction of the Secretary of State under regulation 35(2) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, as reaffirmed in May this year, with regard to the safety of lighters in...
The annual renewal of the direction serves to remind trading standards services of the ban on novelty lighters and the placing of only child resistant lighters onto the UK market. We do not require officers to report their activities to the Department. However, a quick e-mail round to officers found that lighters are one of the products routinely stopped and examined at ports of entry and also examined in various market surveillance activities. If non-compliant lighters are found appropriate action is taken.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, columns 135-36W, on pocket lighters: import controls, on which occasions HM Revenue and Customs and the UK Border Agency have detained suspect shipments of pocket lighters; and what steps were taken in each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, columns 135-36W, on pocket lighters: import controls, on which occasions HM Revenue and Customs and the UK Border Agency have detained suspect shipments of pocket lighters; and what steps were taken in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, whether he expects to issue a direction to local authorities to implement Commission Decision 2006/502/EC in May 2012; and when he expects the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, whether he expects to issue a direction to local authorities to implement Commission Decision 2006/502/EC in May 2012; and when he expects the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, which authorities have taken action in response to concerns from industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, which authorities have taken action in response to concerns from industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, what assessment he has made of the implementation by local authorities of Commission Decision 2006/502/EC on child-resistant lighters; and if he will publish any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, what assessment he has made of the implementation by local authorities of Commission Decision 2006/502/EC on child-resistant lighters; and if he will publish any...
Before the House adjourns for the Christmas recess, there are a number of points that I wish to raise. I congratulate the Prime Minister on not signing the latest European treaty. Future generations will have every cause to thank him, and some of the French politicians behaved with less than...
Before the House adjourns for the Christmas recess, there are a number of points that I wish to raise. I congratulate the Prime Minister on not signing the latest European treaty. Future generations will have every cause to thank him, and some of the French politicians behaved with less than...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether customs officers are instructed to seize at UK ports of entry pocket lighters which do not conform to EU and UK safety standards;
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether customs officers are instructed to seize at UK ports of entry pocket lighters which do not conform to EU and UK safety standards;
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the number of pocket lighters on sale in the UK which do not meet safety requirements; what steps his Department has taken to implement Commission Decision 2006/502/EC; and what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the number of pocket lighters on sale in the UK which do not meet safety requirements; what steps his Department has taken to implement Commission Decision 2006/502/EC; and what assessment he has...
(2) what information HM Revenue and Customs holds on the number of pocket lighters entering the UK which do not comply with the safety standards in Commission Decision 2006/502/EC.
(2) what information HM Revenue and Customs holds on the number of pocket lighters entering the UK which do not comply with the safety standards in Commission Decision 2006/502/EC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of pocket lighters on sale that do not meet minimum safety standards; whether his Department has assessed the fire risks presented by such lighters; and what steps his Department has taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of pocket lighters on sale that do not meet minimum safety standards; whether his Department has assessed the fire risks presented by such lighters; and what steps his Department has taken...
That this House recognises that deliberate secondary fires place a considerable strain on the resources of all fire and rescue services with the main cause of ignition being matches and lighters; notes that 59 per cent. of such fires are started by individuals under the age of 17 years; and calls on the Government to hold discussions with the Chief Fire Officers' Association, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, the Child Accident Protection Trust and the Fire Brigades' Union to examine the case for the banning of the sale of lighters and matches to juveniles.
That this House recognises that deliberate secondary fires place a considerable strain on the resources of all fire and rescue services with the main cause of ignition being matches and lighters; notes that 59 per cent. of such fires are started by individuals under the age of 17 years; and...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) accidental dwelling fires started by cigarette lighters by (i) children under the age of nine years, (ii) youths aged 10 to 17 years, (iii) adults of 18 plus years and (iv) other of unspecified age and (b) related casualties there were...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) accidental dwelling fires started by cigarette lighters by (i) children under the age of nine years, (ii) youths aged 10 to 17 years, (iii) adults of 18 plus years and (iv) other of unspecified age and (b) related casualties there were...
| Accidental dwelling fires started by cigarette lighters and related casualties by firestarter group, England, 2003–04 and 2004–05 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | 2004–05 | |||||
| Fires | Fatal casualties | Nonfatal casualties | Fires | Fatal casualties | Nonfatal casualties | |
| Total | 468 | 11 | 244 | 350 | 9 | 195 |
| Child (0–9 years) | 339 | 5 | 203 | 225 | 6 | 136 |
| Youth (10–17 years) | 45 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 10 |
| Adult (18 years and over) | 59 | 5 | 23 | 90 | 3 | 45 |
| Other | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Unknown | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Source: Fire and Rescue Service FDR1 returns to ODPM. | ||||||
| (56)Data for 2005 are provisional |
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of accidental dwelling fires started by cigarette lighters by children under the age of nine years.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of accidental dwelling fires started by cigarette lighters by children under the age of nine years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Government will take steps to ensure the introduction of fire safety cigarette lighters into the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Government will take steps to ensure the introduction of fire safety cigarette lighters into the UK.
That this House calls upon the Government to introduce measures to ensure the introduction of child resistant cigarette lighters into the UK in the light of the high number of child fatalities and casualties resulting from fires started by lighters in the hands of children.
That this House calls upon the Government to introduce measures to ensure the introduction of child resistant cigarette lighters into the UK in the light of the high number of child fatalities and casualties resulting from fires started by lighters in the hands of children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the proportion of cigarette lighters being used in the UK which have been imported. - Inc ref to Prodcom Report PRA 36639 (Product Sales and Trade (Other Manufacturing).
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the proportion of cigarette lighters being used in the UK which have been imported. - Inc ref to Prodcom Report PRA 36639 (Product Sales and Trade (Other Manufacturing).
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the size of the UK market for butane lighter fuel. - This information is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the size of the UK market for butane lighter fuel. - This information is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of butane lighter fuel used in the UK in the last period for which figures are available was produced in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of butane lighter fuel used in the UK in the last period for which figures are available was produced in the UK.