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The judge leading the Grenfell Tower inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, has written to the prime minister with suggestions about what it should focus on.
A spokesperson for No10 confirmed to Inside Housing that Theresa May had received Sir Martin’s letter and she would “consider and respond shortly”.
Sir Martin launched a public consultation into what the terms of reference should be for the inquiry and extended the deadline for submissions several times. The final deadline was last Friday.
The All-Party Parliamentary Fire Safety and Rescue Group said the inquiry should look at why “clear and consistent recommendations and warnings that the system was in danger of being compromised” following the Lakanal House fire in 2009 when six people died were not acted upon by government ministers. This includes a review of the building regulations guidance related to fire safety.
A joint submission from the Chartered Institute of Housing, the Association of Retained Council Housing, the National Federation of ALMOs and Inside Housing said the inquiry should attempt to answer specific questions such as how the fire spread at Grenfell Tower, whether fire risk assessments were carried out by “competent” persons and whether sprinklers would have helped had they been in place.
Sir Martin faced criticism and calls to stand down from survivors and residents after he said the inquiry could be limited to the causes of the fire.