In a written statement, published after Ms Rayner’s statement, the government said it intended to immediately investigate Arconic Architectural Products SAS, Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK Limited in relation to the actions of Celotex Limited, Exoca (UK) Limited, Harley Facades Limited, Kingspan Insulation Limited, Rydon Maintenance Limited, and Studio E Architects Limited.
Ms Rayner said that in future “rogue companies will be held to account”, and that the government have proposed “prison time for executives who break the rules and unlimited fines where safety is put at risk”.
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner proposes prison time for executives who break the rules in response to Grenfell inquiry recommendations.
Ministers announced on Wednesday that they would investigate the seven firms, with a view to a future debarment, as part of the government’s response to the Grenfell inquiry into the 2017 tragedy.
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner accepted all 58 of the inquiry’s recommendations saying the Grenfell fire was a “deadly betrayal, a national tragedy, that must never happen again”.
