Electrical Appliances (Plugs) (Hansard, 5 July 1994)

HC Deb 05 July 1994 vol 246 c108W 108W

§ Mr. Streeter
To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he intends to make regulations requiring electrical applicances to be supplied with a correctly fused plug; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
Regulations under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 will be laid before Parliament shortly, and from 1 February 1995 most domestic electrical appliances manufactured in, or imported into, the United Kingdom must be supplied with a correctly fused plug.
Fatalities and injuries occur each year because of incorrectly fitted electric plugs. These regulations represent an important step forward in consumer safety for the British public.