Government faces mounting pressure to tackle year-round noise, antisocial use and the devastating impact on pets, livestock and vulnerable residents. Share More than 140,000 people have responded to a major government consultation on fireworks, adding huge public weight to calls for tighter controls on some of the loudest products available to consumers. The government is now examining the responses after the consultation closed on 7 October, with proposals including reducing the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120dB to 110dB and restricting louder products to professional users For communities tired of fireworks exploding late into the night, the debate has become about far more than Bonfire Night. Tipton and Wednesbury MP Antonia Bance has been pressing the issue, warning of the impact repeated and excessively loud fireworks can have on residents, veterans, vulnerable people, pets and livestock. In the parliamentary exchange share...
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