High Rise Flats: Fires
(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source
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 counterpart in Dubai on the fire at 34 Tamweel Tower, Jumeirah Lakes, Dubai, in 2012.
This question was answered on 13th September 2017
Later this month the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) are coordinating a visit from Major General Matrooshi, the Commander in Chief of the UAE Civil Defence in Dubai who has responsibility for fire safety, to discuss approaches to fire safety in Dubai and exchange best practice. This visit will be attended by officials from a number of Departments, including the Home Office and DCLG.