Housing: Emergency Services
Commons · Question 39746 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that landlords cannot lawfully obstruct emergency vehicle access to residential properties.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 22 Apr 2025
The Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 makes clear that it is an offence to obstruct or hinder certain emergency workers from responding to present or imminent emergency circumstances. As a matter of public safety, property owners and managers shoul...