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Speech in General Committees - Wed 16 May 2018
Draft Somerset West and Taunton (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018 Draft Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018

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View all Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) contributions to the debate on: Draft Somerset West and Taunton (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018 Draft Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018
Written Question
Electric Cables: Fire Prevention
Thursday 19th April 2018

Asked by: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative - Bridgwater and West Somerset)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the current minimum reaction to fire classifications are for cables in (a) hospitals, (b) schools, (c) homes and (d) work places.

Answered by Dominic Raab

The electrical safety of cables in buildings is regulated through the Electricity at Work Regulations for workplaces and through the Building Regulations for dwellings. The industry guidance which supports the Regulations – BS 7671 (known as “The Wiring regulations”) – sets a minimum performance requirement equivalent to the Class E classification of reaction to fire.

As part of our consideration of the independent review of the Building Regulations and fire safety led by Dame Judith Hackitt, we will review the evidence of risk associated with electrical cabling to consider how we should respond.