Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 71527

Construction: Licensing

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Sarah Edwards

LabourTamworth

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 McDougall
The 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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