[Livia]

This is another of those subjects about which MPs from rural areas are getting a lot of correspondence. In the area where I live a little boy had his face burnt by the wax inside a lantern that tipped as it took off, animals are being injured by the wire frames that land in the fields, several farmers have had crops set alight and at a local riding school, two horses were burned to death when one landed on the roof of a stable and set the place on fire. There have been calls in Parliament to have them banned, something which is supported by the National Union of Farmers and the Fire Service. I have to say I agree.