Paul Goggins MP to debate wheel safety in Parliament

Tomorrow (Tuesday 29 March 2011) between 13:30 and 14.00, MP Paul Goggins, will lead a debate on road vehicle wheel safety in Westminster Hall. The debate is expected to focus upon how substandard second-hand wheels are entering the commercial vehicle wheel supply chain, the inherent problems this may cause, and what can be done to monitor and assess the scale of the issue.

Goggins, the Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East, has acted as the main facilitator for correspondence and discussions between John Ellis, managing director of Motor Wheel Service (which is keen to raise the profile of this safety issue), and the Department for Transport.

Motor Wheel Service estimates that over 10,000 second hand and take-off wheels entered the market in 2009, of which the large majority were sold by companies who do not possess the technical abilities or examination procedures to ascertain the history and fatigue of a wheel.

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