| Heading: |
Sky Lanterns |
| Question ID: |
1744275 |
| UIN: |
15841 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4776 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Munira Wilson
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| Asking Member handle: |
munirawilson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@munirawilson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of banning sky lanterns. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Answer text: |
An assessment of sky-lanterns was carried out in 2023.The research examined the risks that sky lanterns, and other items including helium balloons, pose to the environment. The research suggests the risks posed by sky lanterns and helium balloons remain l... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |