PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Building Regulations (29 June 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to reassure the public about the adequacy of building standards.
Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)
Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)
Answer
We are committed to looking at wider issues following the Grenfell Tower fire and this work will now need to be informed by any recommendations that the independent inquiry make.
We have appointed an expert panel to advise us on immediate steps to be taken following the Grenfell Tower fire, and will act on those recommendations. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given is set out in a note published last week at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing
Answered by:
Lord Sharma (Conservative)
6 July 2017
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