At a recent meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group of Home Electrical Safety, newly re-elected Chair Carolyn Harris MP along with cross party colleagues from both houses discussed the wholly inadequate actions taken by the manufacturer Whirlpool to deal with the issue of fire risk tumble dryers. These products have been catching fire due to a design fault in those built between 2004 and … [Read more...]
Carolyn Harris MP supports Which?’s campaign to force action on fire risk dryers
Which?'s campaign to challenge Whirlpool on the slow progress modifying their fire risk dryers has been supported by over 75,000 people. These fire risk dryers have reportedly been linked to 750 fires posing a potential threat to people homes. Whirlpool's slow progress modifying their dryers is totally unacceptable and I have raised this very issue in Parliament. This week Which? has … [Read more...]