{"value":{"id":1144924,"memberId":4320,"member":null,"memberRole":"Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government","uin":"HCWS1820","dateMade":"2019-09-05T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government","title":"Building Safety","text":"<p>I updated the House today in an Oral Statement on the Government's progress on building safety and set out this administration’s approach. As set out in the Statement, I am consulting on changes to fire safety regulations for new-build blocks of flats. We will seek to commit to requiring sprinkler systems as standard in a wider range of new flats. We will also consult on requiring better signs and evacuation alert systems to support effective firefighting. A link to the consultation document ‘Sprinklers and other fire safety measures in new high-rise blocks of flats’ is here <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/sprinklers-and-other-fire-safety-measures-in-new-high-rise-blocks-of-flats\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/sprinklers-and-other-fire-safety-measures-in-new-high-rise-blocks-of-flats</a> and I will deposit copies of this consultation in the Library of the House.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":2,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1144925,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2019-09-05T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1144924","method":"GET"}]}