Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that relevant lessons on fire prevention in high-rise buildings are learned from countries which have a good record of preventing fires in such buildings.

The Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, led by Dame Judith Hackitt, was announced by the government on 28 July 2017.

The Terms of Reference were published on 30 August. These make clear that the Review will look at other international regulatory systems for buildings and regulatory systems in other sectors with similar safety risks.

The Review will draw upon international experience of regulatory frameworks and the frameworks covering other industries as it fully recognises the important contribution it will make in eventual recommendations made to the government.