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HANSARD Businesses: Late PaymentsI stand here today and make announcements, but we also need to recognise that this is about culture. We want to use all the tools in the box to legislate and take action where…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Businesses: Late PaymentsI thank the hon. Lady and highlight again the significant work that her Committee has done on this issue, including with our Department. She is absolutely right to highlight the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. As I have outlined, anyone who has one of the brands that are affected—Hotpoint, Indesit, Swan, Proline and Creda, manufactured…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersThe Government take the safety of electrical products very seriously. For our children, relatives and families, we all want our homes to be places of safety and security. I…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersWe are following due process, and we are taking action. This has been an ongoing piece of work. When issues with the modification programme were raised, my predecessor, my hon.…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s concern, specifically for his constituency, given the desperately sad incident that occurred there. He is absolutely right to ask these questions…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersIn response to a query from Which?, Whirlpool said that 1.7 million cases had already been resolved. It estimates that another 500,000 machines are still in people’s homes.17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI must start by outlining that the protection of consumers, the safety of consumers and the safety of products placed on the market are of utmost importance to me and this…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI thank my hon. Friend for his comments and acknowledge his role in instigating the review of Whirlpool’s modification programme last May. Let me reiterate that the law is clear:…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersAs I outlined earlier, the review of Whirlpool was a review of the modification programme. It looked at the effectiveness of the technical modifications and the adequacy of the…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI thank my hon. Friend for that, and I note his particular interest in this as a result of his past career. He is absolutely right to suggest that we will ensure that large…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I am sorry to hear about her father, particularly since this urgent question comes the day after Father’s Day. She is absolutely right.…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersThe hon. Lady raises an important point on how we reach consumers, and part of the review covered the adequacy of the outreach programme. Our review found that Whirlpool needs to…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI thank my hon. Friend. As he requests, I will ask Whirlpool how it can make its website more user-friendly. I cannot give him any guarantees on Google’s actions, but I am sure…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersThe right hon. Gentleman outlines that there are 500,000 machines, which is not a Government estimate—we have used data to estimate the number of dryers still in people’s homes.…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI thank my hon. Friend for that. He is right to raise concerns about whether the system is suitable, and whether all appliances are easily identified and registered. We definitely…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersTrading standards, in Peterborough or anywhere else nationally, are carrying out, every day, the important work of enforcing safety issues; they are taking lots of enforcement…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersMy hon. Friend asks when his constituents would have a replacement. I would say that the affected tumble dryer should be modified, but any action must be taken swiftly. The…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI thank the hon. Lady for raising that issue and will do as she asks.17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI can reassure my hon. Friend that the OPSS has the powers and funds necessary to carry out its work. The beauty of the OPSS is that it is absolutely focused on product safety and…17 Jun 2019