Government response to the Housing, communities and local government select committee report on the Independent review of building regulations and fire safety: next steps. Cm 9706

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Core Supplement

Series

Command Paper

Abstract

Presents the government response to key recommendations offered by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee and published in July 2018, itself a response to the final independent report published by the Hackitt review of the building regulations and fire safety system in May 2018. 12 recommendations are outlined.

History

Issued: September 2018. Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by Command of Her Majesty. Cm 9706. Relates to Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Independent review of building regulations and fire safety: next steps (HC 555 of session 2017-19). Report, together with formal minutes relating to the report (HOC, 2018) and Building a safer future. Independent review of building regulations and fire safety - final report. Cm 9607 (MHCLG, 2018).

ISBN

9781528608053

Subjects

• Building control, England
• Special subject areas
• Legal issues and management
• Building control
• Fire

Publisher History

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.