‘BAN DISPOSABLE BBQS ON BEACHES AND MOORS’
DISPOSABLE barbecues would be banned on beaches and beauty spots under a proposed new law.
After a spate of wildfires this summer, supermarkets including Morrisons, Waitrose and Aldi stopped selling the single-use grills.
A bill put forward by North Devon MP Selaine Saxby would ban their use near moorland, beaches and areas of outstanding natural beauty. Councils would also be given the power to block their sale.
Ms Saxby said: “This year saw over 700 wildfires burning, losing 70 square miles of some of our most vulnerable and precious habitats. For what?
“The right to scald a sausage anywhere of your choosing?”
One such fire burnt 20 acres of North Devon gorseland. Tory Ms Saxby’s Private Member’s Bill will return to the Commons in January but it will need Government support to become law.
In July, London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan joined the CAMPAIGN Selaine Saxby London Fire Brigade in calling for a total ban on all disposable barbecues.
More than 27,000 people signed a Keep Britain Tidy petition to completely ban their sale and use. A Department for the Environment spokesman told the Mirror: “We have commissioned research to examine the impact of barbecues and other flammable items on our environment.
“We expect this research to be completed early next year, when we will consider further action.”