An influential committee of MPs is to stage an evidence session examining Building Regulations and fire safety tomorrow – its first since the publication of the Hackitt Report in May.
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The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is due to hear from panels of construction products industry representatives including the Construction Products Association (CPA), Rockwool, and Kingspan, as well as from fire safety experts and building owners and insurers.
The hearing is part of the Committee’s follow-up work following Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review into Building Regulations and fire safety.
The Committee aims to explore what immediate, specific changes need to be made to regulations to make residential tower blocks safe and remain safe throughout their life-cycle.
It will also look at how longer term systemic and cultural changes proposed by the review can be implemented in the construction industry more widely.
Taking place at the Palace of Westminster tomorrow, the three panel sessions will hear evidence from:
Panel 1: Industry representatives
- Peter Caplehorn, deputy chief executive and policy director, Construction Products Association
- Mirella Vitale, senior vice president (group marketing, communications and public affairs), Rockwool
- Richard Burnley, managing director (Britain and Ireland), Kingspan Insulation
- Adrian Dobson, executive director, Royal Institute of British Architects
Panel 2: Fire safety experts
- Dr Debbie Smith, managing director, BRE Global
- Claire Curtis-Thomas, chief executive officer, British Board of Agrément
- Mark Hardingham, chair (Protection and Business Safety Committee), National Fire Chiefs Council
- Sir Ken Knight, chair of the Independent Expert Advisory Panel
Panel 3: Building owners and insurers
- Lord Porter, chairman, Local Government Association
- David Smith, policy director, Residential Landlords Association
- Huw Evans, director general, Association of British Insurers
