- Home
Full cost of HS2 work around Moxon’s bat tunnel will be £168m, says DfT
Ryder tables plans to transform grade II-listed office on Bank Junction into budget hotel
Hundreds of signatures for petition to rebuild Manchester’s Hotspur Press after fire
Universal submits planning application for Bedfordshire theme park set to be Europe’s largest
- Events
2025 events calendar Explore now 
Keep up to date
Find out more
- Programmes
Kingspan boss denies private dinner with MPs was bid to ‘access political power’ to stop combustible insulation ban
Senior staff attended Westminster dinner months after fire, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Kingspan’s former managing director has denied that a private dinner he attended with MPs in the Houses of Parliament was part of a plan to “seek political support” for resisting a ban on its combustible insulation in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, the inquiry has heard.
Richard Burnley said he attended the dinner in January 2018 along with other senior staff including then-UK technical and marketing director Adrian Pargeter and building technology director Mark Harris.
The dinner was also attended by Democratic Unionist Party MP Jim Shannon and Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake and a possible unnamed third MP.
…
This content is available to registered users | Already registered?Login here
You are not currently logged in.
To continue reading this story, sign up for free guest access
Existing Subscriber? LOGIN
REGISTER for free access on selected stories and sign up for email alerts. You get:
- Up to the minute architecture news from around the UK
- Breaking, daily and weekly e-newsletters
Subscribe to Building Design and you will benefit from:
- Unlimited news
- Reviews of the latest buildings from all corners of the world
- Technical studies
- Full access to all our online archives
- PLUS you will receive a digital copy of WA100 worth over £45
Subscribe now for unlimited access.