Parliamentary Activity

Grenfell Tower Inquiry — 161 mentions in Parliament since Jun 2017

Written Question Commons
16 Mar 2022
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the cost to residential leaseholders of ensuring tall buildings meet (a) building and (b) fire safety regulations following the Fire Safety Act.

Government answer
Home Office An impact assessment for the Fire Safety Act 2021 was published alongside its introduction on 12 March 2020 and is available here Impact Assessment (parliament.uk).The Government intends to lay fire safety regulations to implement the majority of the reco... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
18 Feb 2022
Electric Scooters: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department plans to issue to housing associations and local authorities on the safe storage of e-scooters in the context of recent fires involving those scooters.

Government answer
Home Office The Home Office has a programme to update Fire Safety Order guidance which will reflect the latest legislative and policy positions when they are published over the next year to support the regulations to implement Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommend... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
04 Feb 2022
Electric Scooters: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department is providing to local authorities and housing associations on the safe storage of e-scooters, in response to recent fires.

Government answer
Home Office The Home Office has a programme to update Fire Safety Order guidance which will reflect the latest legislative and policy positions when they are published over the next year to support the regulations to implement Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommend... Read full answer →
Early Day Motion Commons
17 Jan 2022
Shareholders in firms linked to the Grenfell Tower fire or building safety defects

That this House notes that Arconic's Reynobond, Kingspan's K15 Kooltherm and Saint-Gobain Celotex foam insulation products have been found to be highly flammable and dangerously combustible; notes the statement by the Association of Residential Managing Agents that nearly £50,000 may be the average cost of remediating building safety defects including flammable cladding or insulation; understands the reason for the revocation of Kingspan's proposed sponsorship of Mercedes Formula One team; re...

Early Day Motion Commons
19 Jul 2021
Unsafe cladding and building safety defects

That this House notes with concern the large number of people who, four years after the Grenfell Tower fire, are still living in blocks with unsafe cladding and other building safety defects; is aware that that situation is causing great concern and distress to leaseholders who are currently unable to sell their homes; believes that leaseholders should not have to pay for the cost of replacing cladding, fixing defects, waking watches and higher insurance bills; recognises that leaseholders do...

Written Question Commons
19 Jul 2021
Buildings: Fire Prevention
Neil Coyle Labour → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of delays to post-Grenfell fire safety works on the level of costs incurred by (a) the London Fire Brigade and (b) other local fire authorities.

Government answer
Home Office The Government is clear that building safety is the responsibility of building owners. To help increase the pace of remediation, the Government has made £5 billion of taxpayer funding available for the remediation of unsafe cladding on high rise residenti... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
02 Jul 2021
Kingspan Group: Insulation
Shabana Mahmood Labour → Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what further steps his Department has taken, in addition to writing an open letter to building control companies, in response to Kingspan Insulation Ltd withdrawing the three tes

Government answer
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government On 10 March 2021 we issued a letter to fire safety professionals and building control bodies reminding them that Kingspan has retracted three test reports. The letter is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-building-control... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
11 May 2021
Housing: Disability
Shabana Mahmood Labour → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure people with disabilities, who live in buildings with fire safety faults, are guaranteed a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan by building managing agents.

Government answer
Home Office The Home Office will be consulting on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) in high-rise residential settings shortly. This consultation follows the recent Fire Safety Consultation (FSC) which sought views on the recommendations in the Grenfell Towe... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
10 Mar 2021
Housing: Insulation
Mike Amesbury Labour → Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of buildings affected by the retraction of three tests carried out on Kingspan K15 insulation; and what assessment he has made of the effe

Government answer
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government We do not have any estimate of the number of buildings which will be affected by the retracted tests.On 10 March 2021 we issued a letter to fire safety professionals and building control bodies reminding them that Kingspan has retracted three test reports... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
12 Mar 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2020 to Question 25623 on Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract entered into with the search company appointed to

Government answer
Cabinet Office As part of the Government transparency agenda, it is a legal requirement for central Government Departments to publish all awarded contracts over £10,000 in value on the Contracts Finder website. Once a contract for this recruitment has been finalised and... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
10 Mar 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2020 to Question 25623 on Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments, which search company has been engaged to identify a shortlist of candidates; and by what date that compan

Government answer
Cabinet Office Further announcements will be made in the usual way. Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
10 Mar 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2020 to Question 25623, if he has set a deadline for a replacement panel member to be appointed.

Government answer
Cabinet Office Further announcements will be made in the usual way. Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
05 Mar 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
John Healey Labour → Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 1 report, which Department is responsible for implementing the recommendations in that report; what the implementation status is of each such recomme

Government answer
Home Office The Home Office is working collaboratively with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Fire and Rescue Sector and all relevant stakeholders to deliver Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 1 recommendations with quality, pace and ambition.T... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
05 Mar 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when a new panel member will be appointed to the Grenfell Tower inquiry; and what discussions he has with people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire on that appointment.

Government answer
Cabinet Office In February, the Prime Minister, as Sponsor Minister for the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, wrote to the Inquiry Chair to confirm his intention to appoint a replacement panel member. He also confirmed that Cabinet Office officials would engage a search company t... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
04 Mar 2020
Boris Johnson: Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Steve Reed Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has submitted a witness statement to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry in Module Five in his capacity as a previous (a) Chair of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and (b) Mayor of London.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The Inquiries Act 2005 empowers the Chair of an Inquiry to require the production of evidence, including from witnesses. The Prime Minister has received no requests for a witness statement from the Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. The London Fire Comm... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
21 Feb 2020
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received representations on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's consideration of changes in the level of fire safety regulation.

Government answer
Home Office A public consultation on the implementation of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report recommendations which require a change in law will be issued shortly. We have had early engagement with a range of stakeholders including the National Fire Chiefs Cou... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
21 Feb 2020
Buildings: Insulation
Steve Reed Labour → Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 11599 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the Government has plans to mandate building owners to proactively share information

Government answer
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Home Office will bring forward legislation shortly to put beyond doubt that building owners and managers of all multi-occupied residential buildings must assess the risks from cladding and front doors to individual flats under the Regulatory Reform (F... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
03 Feb 2020
Public Appointments: Standards
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 8952 on Public Appointments: Standards, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the due diligence process for appointments to the panels of statutory

Government answer
Cabinet Office Due diligence and consideration of conflicts of interest are important parts of any appointment process. The Inquiries Act 2005 sets out the suitability and impartiality requirements of inquiry panel appointments. Appointments to statutory public inquirie... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
28 Jan 2020
Public Appointments: Standards
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the due diligence process for public appointments following the resignation of Benita Mehra from her role as a panel member on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

Government answer
Cabinet Office Ms Mehra's appointment was not a public appointment. She was appointed to the panel of a statutory public inquiry in line with the Inquiries Act 2005. Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
28 Jan 2020
High Rise Flats: Fires
Neil Coyle Labour → Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure owners and managers of high-rise residential buildings intro

Government answer
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Home Office will introduce a Fire Safety Bill in early 2020 which will put beyond doubt that owners or managers of multi-occupied residential buildings need to fully consider and mitigate the risks of external wall systems and front doors to individua... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
27 Jan 2020
Buildings: Insulation
Steve Reed Labour → Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy on the applicability to cladding of paragraph 12.7 of the Approved Fire Regulations of the view expres

Government answer
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The steps which the Department took in relation to the guidance in Approved Document B are matters that will be looked at in the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire. Read full answer →
Hansard Debate Commons
21 Jan 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report

Commons Chamber

Hansard Debate Commons
30 Oct 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Commons Chamber

Written Question Commons
04 Jun 2019
Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review
Sarah Jones Labour → Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's December 2018 implementation plan entitled Building a safer future, if he will publish (a) the organisations involved in the implementation pla

Government answer
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Following the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, our implementation plan set out a far-reaching work programme to deliver a reformed building safety system. In addition to the findings of the Review, we have considered a wide rang... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
14 May 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter of 10 May 2018 to Sir Martin Moore-Bick, what the timetable is for appointing the two additional panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

Government answer
Cabinet Office I refer the Right Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 246580 on 30 April 2019. Read full answer →