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answer › date of answer	2019-06-11
uin	259440
answer › answering member printed	Kelly Tolhurst

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03/06/2019

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Tumble Dryers: Safety

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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Whirlpool’s handling of its tumble dryer safety issue and concerns about its repair programme, what steps his Department is taking to help protect consumers from the fire risks of tumble dryers.

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Leeds North West

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Alex Sobel

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259440

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is ministerial correction

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11/06/2019

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The Government is committed to ensuring the safety of consumers and I have personally been involved in issues related to Whirlpool tumble dryers since my appointment. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) was tasked with reviewing the effectiveness of Whirlpool’s technical modification and the adequacy of its consumer outreach Programme, and that review was published on 4th April. OPSS issued a Decision Letter setting out the requirements that Whirlpool must take to improve its management of risk and its communications with customers on 2nd April. Whirlpool were given 28 days to respond setting out the actions they will take. The General Product Safety Regulations 2005 provides powers to deal with goods to ensure the safety of consumers and OPSS will continue to take appropriate steps to hold Whirlpool to account and will continue to be actively engaged in respect of the Whirlpool tumble dryer safety issue.

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Rochester and Strood

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Kelly Tolhurst

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11/06/2019 15:57:48

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