Consumers: Protection

(asked on 29th June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to improve and strengthen the UK product recall system to ensure it is focused on public safety.


Answered by
Margot James Portrait
Margot James
This question was answered on 19th July 2017

In October 2016 Ministers set up a new Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety to look at options to further improve the safety of white goods and the recall system.

The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.

Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.

I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.

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