AFTER being inundated with complaints from people about fireworks Leigh MP Andy Burnham is calling for a change in the law on the use and sale of fireworks.
Mr Burnham is backing calls from Wigan Council's Environmental Health Department for a fundamental review of fireworks.
Environmental Health director Bob Saunders wrote to the MP highlighting two key issues, firstly the length of time fireworks are on sale and secondly the type of fireworks being sold.
Mr Burnham said: "I have been inundated with complaints from people about fireworks this year. It seems we no longer have 'bonfire night' but 'bonfire month.'
"I don't want to be a killjoy and have nothing against families enjoying a firework display on or around Guy Fawkes Night. But it has gone too far.
"Fireworks are being sold way in advance of November 5 and are much more noisy and heavy duty than they were in the past."
He has already discussed the problem with Home Secretary David Blunkett MP and he will now write to Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt MP calling for a review of the law.
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