William Eichler 14 May 2025

MPs call for oversight of Grenfell inquiry recommendations

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A train passes Grenfell Tower in North Kensington. © Iordanis / Shutterstock.com

MPs have called for an independent national oversight mechanism to ensure the recommendations made by the Grenfell inquiry are implemented.

In a letter to secretary of state Angela Rayner, the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee called for the introduction of an independent mechanism in the upcoming Hillsborough Law.

The Hillsborough Law aims to hold public authorities accountable in the wake of major disasters or state-related deaths, such as the Grenfell Tower fire which led to the deaths of 72 people.

The committee said the mechanism should apply to the implementation of recommendations made by all public inquiries because the Government should not be ‘left marking its own homework’.

Committee chair Florence Eshalomi said: ‘It’s right that the Government have accepted all the recommendations from a Phase 2 report that outlined deep failings that led to the Grenfell disaster. But how can the loved ones of the Grenfell victims be asked to trust the Government to mark their own homework when they have spent nearly eight years fighting for answers as to why people were denied the most basic level of safety?’

A Government spokesperson said the Government had ‘committed to introducing a more robust system to improve the transparency, accessibility and scrutiny of inquiry recommendations received by Government.’

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