Prime minister Theresa May has given another indication that the government is set to ban combustible cladding on high-rise buildings.
The government has already placed the possibility of such a ban under review, with housing secretary James Brokenshire announcing the move just hours after the publication last week of the Hackitt Review, which stopped short of recommending a ban.
Brokenshire had already said in Parliament that the government was likely to agree a ban.
Now May has also admitted that she is "minded" to put a ban into action.
At prime minister’s questions yesterday, she confirmed that a ban was the government’s intention.
She said: "We are minded to go further, by banning combustible materials in cladding on high-rise buildings.
"We are meeting our legal duties to consult on these proposals and we will not delay any necessary action."
She was responding to a question by Conservative MP Nigel Huddleston, who urged the prime minister to take tougher action to ban flammable cladding to avoid another tragedy like Grenfell Tower.
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Perhaps someone could advise your readers where the Building Regs ALLOW combustible cladding of the sort used at Grenfell and elsewhere.
Good point they won’t find it.
The Gov is set to ban combustible cladding? what does that mean? they are just thinking about it?
Under the Approved Document, combustible cladding is allowed in two ways. 1) Combustible national Class 0/Euro Class B outer cladding is allowed under the Linear Route; 2) combustible insulation with or without combustible outer cladding is allowed on the basis of a system test.
Under the post-Grenfell government ‘intepretation’ (really misrepresentation) of the guidance, the first of these routes has been closed off. But combustible cladding materials can still be used on the basis of a system test.
Andrew