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The safety of electrical goods in the UK follow-up inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 25 Jun 2019 Closed: 25 Jun 2019 1 report
Inquiry scopeIn May 2018 , Rachel Reeves MP, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, called for the Government’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) to consider a full recall of defective Whirlpool machines, following a series of potentially deadly safety issues with its tumble-dryers. Rachel Reeves wrote to Andrew Griffiths , then Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, to press the Minister on what actions the Government and OPSS were taking to ensure Whirlpool were making defective and modified tumble-dryers safe. This was only the latest in a series of correspondence and activity from the BEIS Committee on this issue which followed on from the BEIS Committee’s earlier report on the safety of electrical goods in the UK , published on 16 January 2018. The report is available here .

Reports

1 report

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
23 Jul 2019 No witnesses recorded View ↗
2 Jul 2019 No witnesses recorded View ↗

Correspondence

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28 Oct 2019 To committee Letter from Kelly Tolhurst to Chair, regarding Select Committee evidence session on 23 July - dated 17 September 2019
23 Jul 2019 To committee Letter from Which? to Chair regarding Whirlpool's use of non-disclosure agreements - dated 17 July 2019
23 Jul 2019 To committee Letter from Whirlpool to Chair following up on 2 July hearing - dated 19 July 2019
23 Jul 2019 To committee Letter from AMDEA to Chair regarding non-disclosure agreements - dated 18 July 2019
18 Jul 2019 To committee Letter from Kelly Tolhurst to Chair regarding Whirlpool tumble dryer update - dated 10 July 2019
15 Jul 2019 To committee Letter from Chair to Jeff Noel, Corporate Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Whirlpool Corporation, following up on evidence session - dated 8 July 2019