Ministers were today warned that action to slash the decibel level of publicly-available fireworks could amount to an effective ban on the sale of rockets.
The Government has recently concluded a public consultation on a proposal to reduce the perceived noise of fireworks that can be sold in shops by around 50 per cent.
This would see the permitted decibel level cut from 120 to 110, which is said to be equivalent to the noise of a car horn or a pneumatic drill.
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (DBIST) also sought views on whether it should be reduced even further
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