Credit: House of Lords – Roger Harris CC BY 3.0
An On the wire story
Baroness Blake of Leeds has taken on the role of fire minister after being appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Resilience at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Her portfolio covers: building safety, regulations, the Building Safety Regulator and remediation, the government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry; fire policy and operations; the Grenfell community, tower and memorial; net zero and energy efficiency; resilience, recovery and emergencies; equalities, and planning casework.
The government’s ministerial pages make clear that the role is separate from the Home Office post covering crime, policing and fire.
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