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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish the findings from its research on fire safety and property protection; and whether he has plans to incorporate the findings from that research into the draft Building Safety Bill.

The Government has no current plans to extend the scope of the building regulations in this area through the Building Safety Bill, but is keeping this matter under review. As a next step, we are planning to undertake research this year looking at international approaches to regulation in this area, and will be publishing the final reports.