Industry should not have been trusted to build high-rise blocks, government tells Grenfell inquiry

By Tom Lowe2021-12-07T17:32:00

Housing department lawyer said disaster would not have happened if building regulations had been followed and enforced

The government should not have trusted the construction industry to build high rise blocks, a lawyer representing the housing department has told the Grenfell Inquiry.

Jason Beer QC said that the public, residents and the government had trusted construction firms and building control officers were “following the law and doing the right thing”, but that this trust was “both misplaced and abused”.

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