Minister for London Greg Hands says quality of cladding under the spotlight
The investigation into last month鈥檚 fire at Grenfell Tower in west London will look at how the cladding was put on the building during its overhaul last year, according to minister for London Greg Hands.
He told 星空传媒: 鈥淗ow the cladding was attached to the tower block and the cladding used will be subject both of the criminal investigation and doubtless the public inquiry.鈥�
Hands, who is also trade minister, added: 鈥淭here are a large number of issues with Grenfell Tower way beyond the construction sector and as it happens the issue around cladding has turned out to be much more international than anybody would have expected.
鈥淭here have been all kinds of questions about the quality of cladding in countries way beyond the UK. There have been evacuations in Germany.鈥�
Cladding panels have been cited as the cause of several fires overseas including Dubai and Australia.
The UK government has appointed an in the