Question follow-through · 4279
Housing: Bricks
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to mandate that swift bricks are required to be added to all new houses.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to mandate that swift bricks are required to be added to all new houses.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government is considering what action may be appropriate to drive up rates of swift brick installation in new build properties.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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