Building safety minister Stephen Greenhalgh has urged executives of cladding firm Arconic, who claim they are banned by French law from appearing in front of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to “step up to the plate”.
Greenhalgh’s comment, made on social network Twitter, came after reports that the Inquiry would “empty chair” key witnesses who failed to appear.
Three witnesses who are either present of former employees of Arconic, which made the rainscreen cladding panels used on Grenfell Tower, argue that the 1968 French Blocking Statute prevents them from giving evidence at a tribunal.
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