High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

(asked on 5th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to ban the use of combustible materials on the facades of high-rise buildings.


Answered by
Dominic Raab Portrait
Dominic Raab
This question was answered on 15th March 2018

Approved Document B and the guidance published by the Independent Expert Panel provide clear advice about the use of materials on the facades of high-rise buildings. Any future change to building regulations would be subject to a public consultation.

The Government has commissioned Dame Judith Hackitt to take forward an independent review of building and fire safety regulations and their effectiveness.

Any future change to building regulations would be subject to a public consultation.

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