Parliamentary Activity

Grenfell Tower Inquiry — 161 mentions in Parliament since Jun 2017

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 Lords
14 Oct 2020
High Rise Flats: Insulation
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Crossbench → Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the maximum level of fine they can impose on freeholders of flat blocks where dangerous cladding has not been removed; and how many such fines have been imposed since the Grenfell Tower Inquiry started.

Government answer
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Government itself cannot impose fines but where building owners are failing to make acceptable progress in removing unsafe cladding then they should expect enforcement action by local authorities or Fire and Rescue Authorities. We have established a Joint... 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
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
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
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 Lords
31 Oct 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report

Lords Chamber

Written Question Lords
30 Oct 2019
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the report of the Public Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report, published on 30 October, when they plan to introduce new fire safety legislation.

Government answer
Home Office The Government accepts, in principle, all the recommendations made of central Government in Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry’s Phase One report and will work at pace to take these forward. This may include bringing forward legislation ahead of the Bill on bu... Read full answer →
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
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timeframe is for a report on phase one of the Grenfell Tower inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick will be published.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The timing and handling of the Inquiry is a matter for the independent Inquiry and the Government hopes that the report for phase 1 will be published soon.The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has already begun Phase 2 with the ongoing disclosure of thousands of doc... 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 →
Written Question Commons
14 May 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
John Healey Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when phase two of the Grenfell Tower inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick is planned to start.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The timing and handling of the Inquiry is a matter for the independent Inquiry and the Government hopes that the report for phase 1 will be published soon. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has already begun Phase 2 with the ongoing disclosure of thousands of do... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
14 May 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
Emma Dent Coad Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter to Sir Martin Moore Bick of 10 May 2018 announcing her intention to appoint two additional panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry for Phase 2, and the Grenfell

Government answer
Cabinet Office I refer the Right Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 246580 on 30 April 2019. Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
08 May 2019
Grenfell Tower: Fires
Emma Dent Coad Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the Government's policies of the report entitled, Family reflections on Grenfell: No voice left unheard, published on 8 May 2019 by Inquest; and if she will

Government answer
Cabinet Office The Government set up the independent Grenfell Tower Inquiry to get to the truth of what happened, deliver justice for victims, survivors, bereaved families and the wider community, and to ensure that such a terrible tragedy could never happen again. The ... Read full answer →
Early Day Motion Commons
30 Apr 2019
FIRE SAFETY AND SCHOOL NOTICE BOARDS

That this House notes with concern that a significant proportion of notice boards installed in school classrooms do not comply with current fire standards; is alarmed that in many instances notice boards are installed from an imported product currently marketed as being suitable for the manufacture of firelighters; notes that according to the Home Office Incident Reporting System there were 682 school fires in 2017-18 in England and that 30 per cent of school fires occurred with children in t...