Committees

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

Inquiry

In 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. 

Work news

Thumbnail
Defective tumble dryers: MPs criticise Whirlpool's approach to customer safety
Committee publish report The safety of electrical goods in the UK: follow-up
1 November 2019
Thumbnail
BEIS Committee publish Whirlpool correspondence
Committee publishes correspondence from Whirlpool, Which? and AMDEA
23 July 2019
Thumbnail
Committee question Minister and OPSS on Whirlpool tumble dryer safety
BEIS Committee question Minister and OPSS
19 July 2019
Thumbnail
Whirlpool tumble dryer safety - BEIS Committee launch online survey on customer concerns & use of NDAs
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee launches survey to hear from Whirlpool customers with defective tumble dryers
15 July 2019
Total results 4 (page 1 of 1)

Contact us

  • Email: commonsbtc@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8586 (General enquiries) | 020 7219 6970 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Business and Trade Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA