Parliamentary Activity

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy that highlighted profound failures across systems, safeguards and oversight and led to the avoidable deaths of 72 innocent people.Eight years on, the bereaved, survivors, and immediate community conti... Read full answer →

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government In June 2025, my department announced changes to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Today I am laying before the House draft regulations which will move the functions of the Building Safety Regulator out of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and to ... Read full answer →

Cabinet Office We will never forget the 72 lives lost following the Grenfell Tower tragedy eight years ago. The government is grateful to Sir Martin Moore-Bick and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry team for laying bare the truths in their reports.When the Grenfell Tower Inquir... Read full answer →

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The government is today laying regulations to address the last three outstanding Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations, on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans, or PEEPs, and building-level evacuation plans. The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation... Read full answer →

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government I want to provide the House with an update on the Government’s work with the Grenfell community and on my decision about the future of Grenfell Tower.Supporting the communityLearning the lessons from the Grenfell tragedy and ensuring lasting change are ke... Read full answer →

Home Office I am today publishing the Government’s response to the Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus (EEIS+) consultation, which provides further detail of our new Residential PEEPs policy. This policy, which was previously announced in a written minister... Read full answer →

Prime Minister The Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick has today published the Inquiry’s Phase 2 Report.The report examines how it came to be that the Grenfell Tower was in the condition whereby a fire could spread so quickly and fatally, as tragi... Read full answer →

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Today, I can update Parliament on fire safety and evacuation proposals; on the recognition of CE (‘Conformité Européenne’) marking for construction products; and on updates to the statutory guidance to the building regulations to remove references to outd... Read full answer →

Home Office I am pleased to announce to the House that the Government is today publishing our official response to the fire reform White Paper and consultation. Last year we published our White Paper, “Reforming Our Fire and Rescue Service” (CP 670), to gauge the pub... Read full answer →

Home Office My Noble Friend the Minister of State, Home Office and Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (Lord Greenhalgh) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to make a number of announcements to the House today that s... Read full answer →