Grenfell fire ‘example of Cinderella rules’

Cinderella enforcement of the fire safety rules is among a series of failures identified around the Grenfell Tower disaster by a former government minister.

Tory peer Baroness Nevillerolfe was also strongly critical of the decision not to require the retrofitting of sprinklers to older blocks, while demanding it in new developments.

The former Tesco executive said neglected or Cinderella enforcement had been a factor in many of the regulatory scandals of her lifetime, including the contamination of Nestle baby milk, the BSE crisis and the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

Lady Neville-rolfe was speaking at the start of the debate she had secured on regulation in the House of 0 Lady Neville-rolfe spoke in the House of Lords Lords, where she underlined the importance of enforcement, as well as the need for it to be balanced and easy to understand. In her speech, she highlighted the deadly blaze at Grenfell Tower in west London in June, which claimed the lives of 71 people and left hundreds homeless. She told peers: “This was an appalling tragedy of a kind that should not occur.”