John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow
Secretary of State for Housing,
responding to the Government announcement of an independent review of building
regulations and fire safety, said:
“It has taken more than six weeks
since the Grenfell Tower fire for the Government to release test results of
just 82 of the 4000 tower blocks around the country. Landlords still can’t get
other types of cladding tested and Government ministers still can’t say how
many high-rise blocks are unsafe.
“The
Government’s testing programme is confused and too slow.
“The
long-awaited review of buildings regulations and fire safety is welcome but
long overdue, as Ministers promised this four years ago after the last
fatal high-rise fires.
“The
Government must also now expand the testing programme, publish results in
full so that residents and landlords know whether or not their buildings are
safe and stand by their earlier promise to help fund the costs of any
necessary work.”
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