Progress for fire sprinkler law bid

A REGIONAL MSP’s campaign for installing fire sprinklers in all social housing should come to fruition next year with the implementation of new Scottish Government regulations.

David Stewart has received a letter from housing minister Kevin Stewart saying that sprinklers will be a requirement in all new build social housing, flats, maisonettes and larger multi-occupancy dwellings including where care is provided.

The regional MSP has heard that the regulations are being worked on by solicitors and include clear definitions for new social housing and he has been told they should come into force by May next year.

Mr Stewart was told in 2018 that the Scottish Government was taking forward his campaign for greater fire safety methods in social housing.

“Fire sprinklers have been proven time and time again to be effective in the fight against fire and I know that this move will save lives,” he said.

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