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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent meetings he has had with the (a) Chartered Institute of Building and (b) Construction Industry Council to discuss building safety.

The Department is working with an industry response group on the work which may need to be done to make buildings safe following the Grenfell Tower fire. The Construction Industry Council, which is the representative forum for professional bodies in the construction industry, including the Chartered Institute of Building, is represented on the industry response group.