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Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Government what checks have been undertaken on residential tower blocks and new public buildings, including schools, in light of the recent tragic event at Grenfell Tower.
Indeed, 82 per cent of the capital projects were not new-build projects, and clearly part of our net zero approach is to use existing buildings instead of new build.
Paragraph 4 of annex A on page 3, which starts with the words “While no new SOPOs or RoSHOs can be imposed”, ends with the words “the latest possible date for them to cease to have effect being 31 March 2028.”
Cabinet Secretary at Committee, 26 October 2023
At its meeting on 26 October 2023, the Social Justice and Social Security Committee heard from Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice.