Scotland's response to Grenfell has been a bit stop start. However, activity has stepped up since the end of last year, especially in the wake of Grenfell 2 and the UK government's response to that being published. These two developments have put the spotlight - and renewed pressure - on the Scottish government for it to speed up its response to Grenfell which is seen in many quarters as just being too slow. Like the UK government, the Scottish government published its own response to Grenfell 2 and it too accepts all of the recommendations made by the inquiry. Scotland is however largely actioning its own response, in circumstances where only limited provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 apply, with its own flagship legislation, the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024, which came into force at the start of this year. The Act is a shop front and a significant volume of secondary legislation is needed to add flesh to the bones, consultations and initiatives in respect of which are being developed.




