MEMBERS of the Windermere Campaign for Firework Control have written to every MP at Westminster in a bid to gain their support for more control on fireworks.
The individual letters urge the MPs to support a bill by Bill Tynan, MP for Hamilton South in Scotland, which is due to receive its second reading on February 28.
WCFC chairman Trevor Hinxman said the bill would introduce controls on the manufacture, use, noise and sale of fireworks, as well as introduce penalties for breaking the rules if it became law.
"The letters also ask the MPs to let us know if they are going to support the bill and if we can count on their help to get it through," said Mr Hinxman.
The letters were delivered to the Westminster post department by Tim Collins, Conservative MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Andrew Stunell (Lib Dem) and Gordon Marsden (Labour). Mr Hinxman estimated that about 640 letters had been written.
January 16, 2003 13:01
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