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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department had with the Scottish Government on provisions in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 which require landlords to install carbon monoxide alarms to all properties that contain fixed-combustion burning appliances; and if he will make a statement.

Housing is a devolved issue and therefore the shaping and implementation of all relevant Scottish Housing legislation is at the discretion of the Scottish Government. There is regular dialogue between the four UK administrations, and we will be in further contact with the Scottish Government when we begin the planned review, for October 2017, of the smoke and carbon monoxide alarm requirements on private landlords in England.