Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 71527
Construction: Licensing
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025
Question
Sarah Edwards
Labour — Tamworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce a statutory compulsory licensing scheme for builders.
Answer
Blair McDougallThe Government is fully committed to implementing the Grenfell Inquiry recommendation that principal contractors working on higher-risk buildings should be licenced through a scheme managed by the Building Safety Regulator. We have accepted this recommend...
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