Sir B. Tannerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will now specify the steps which are being taken to revise the Building Regulations following the Ronan Point disaster; and what changes are to be made in the personnel responsible for drafting and advising upon these regulations.
§ Mr. GreenwoodDiscussions have taken place with the British Standards Institution who have agreed to expedite the revision of the relevant Codes of Practice, and the Ministry will now be represented on the committees engaged in this work. In parallel with this, the work preparatory to the revision of the relevant part of the Building Regulations is proceeding in the Ministry and the Building Regulations Advisory Committee has discussed the implications of the report. The staffing of the Department is being strengthened on the structural engineering side.