We published the Scottish Government national online consultation on fireworks: Your experiences, your ideas, your views , at the beginning of February. In addition to the online consultation, 29 events were held across Scotland and a range of social media platforms were used to seek people's views.

The consultation closed on 13 May, having received a total of 16,420 responses. Over 7,000 responses were received in the first 24 hours of the consultation launch.

The results of the consultation demonstrate strong support for a change in how fireworks are sold.

Key findings included:

• 70% of respondents reported that they had been affected by fireworks used in an irresponsible or unsafe way.

• 94% of respondents thought there should be more controls over the sale of fireworks.

• 87% of respondents would welcome a ban on the sale of fireworks to the public in Scotland.

• 92% of respondents thought there should be more controls over how fireworks can be used in Scotland.

• 93% of respondents thought there should be more controls to make sure animals are not caused unnecessary suffering because of the use of fireworks.

Many respondents went on to make further comments, ranging from 10,940 comments from those who had been directly affected by the use of fireworks to 14,290 from those looking for more controls on sales of fireworks to the public.