Fire and Building Safety (Public Inquiry) Bill

Key Points

• Creates an independent public inquiry into the Government’s response to fire and building safety concerns.
• Aims to examine lessons learned and produce recommendations to strengthen safety policy and regulation.
• Currently at the second reading in the House of Commons, with the sponsor Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat).
• Part of ongoing scrutiny of fire and building safety governance in Parliament.

Progress

The Bill is at its second reading in the Commons; if advanced, it would move to committee stage and further stages in both Houses.

Voting

Votes on related Building Safety measures show cross-party activity: Conservatives and allied groups generally supported the bills, while Labour and Liberal Democrats opposed; some parties recorded as mixed.