Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 62485

Property Development: Licensing

Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of licensing building companies.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Grenfell Inquiry recommended that principal contractors wanting to work on higher-risk buildings should need a licence, which would be managed by the construction regulator. It also recommended that when applying for building control approval for thes...

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