In a review commissioned jointly by the Department and the Home Office in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, Dame Judith Hackitt found that the building regulatory system was “not fit for purpose” to protect high-rise buildings.16 While the Department stressed that it was the construction industry that was first and foremost to blame for the safety flaws brought to light following the Grenfell tragedy, it accepted that “there was a failure of the regulatory regime over many years to stop th...

In a review commissioned jointly by the Department and the Home Office in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, Dame Judith Hackitt found that the building regulatory system was “not fit for purpose” to protect high-rise buildings.16 While the Department stressed that it was the construction industry that was first and foremost to blame for the safety flaws brought to light following the Grenfell tragedy, it accepted that “there was a failure of the regulatory regime over many years to stop those bad practices happening”.17 The Department was clear that it took responsibility for the regulatory system when it came to reforming it. It drew our Type: conclusion | Number: 6 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 19. Nineteenth Report of Session 2019-21 The Sponsor Body (for the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster) Restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster Introduction from the Committee After over 20 years of discussion, in January 2018, P