PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Balloons and Sky Lanterns: Environment (20 December 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of the intentional release of helium-filled balloons and sky lanterns.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

An independent study commissioned by Defra and the Welsh Government published in 2013 to identify and assess the impacts and risks associated with sky lanterns and helium balloons concluded that any risks arising from their use to animal health, or their impact on the environment were insignificant, and reported that voluntary action and initiatives have been shown to be effective.

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
8 January 2018