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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his French counterparts on the Mermoz Tower fire in Roubaix in 2012.

I have not spoken with my French counterpart relating to the Mermoz Tower fire. However, my officials are engaged in work gathering international comparisons as part of our Building Safety Programme.

In reaching its conclusions, the Independent Review led by Dame Judith Hackitt, will draw upon international experience of regulatory frameworks.