Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library (a) a list of the organisations that (i) he, (ii) Ministers and (iii) officials of his Department have met with in the course of considering proposals for consultation on the Building Regulations fire safety guidance and (b) a copy of the minutes of those meetings.

My Department regularly meets with a wide range of stakeholders in relation to building regulations policy. In respect of our recent work on clarifying the guidance in Approved Document B and our consultation on assessments in lieu of testing (desk top studies) a building regulations advisory committee working group has been convened to assist the Department and their advice is used to develop detailed proposals.

The membership of this group is made up of existing members of the committee plus seconded experts. The seconded experts are invited as individuals, not representatives and it is not normal practice to publish their names. However, the permanent members of BRAC are listed on the at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/building-regulations-advisory-committee/about/membership