The government cannot be left "marking its own homework" when it comes to following through on recommendations from the Grenfell Report, MPs have said.
In a letter to Housing Secretary Angela Rayner the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee urged independent oversight of progress on building safety.
Members branded it "completely unacceptable" that survivors and next of kin of the 72 people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster "are still awaiting justice for that terrible day".
Building safety minister Alex Norris told the committee last month that the government had promised "quarterly reporting" on its website and annual scrutiny in the House of Commons.
Campaigners on a range of scandals, including the Grenfell fire and infected blood victims, have previously called for a national oversight mechanism – an independent public body – to be put in place, responsible for collating, analysing and following up on recommendations from public inquiries.
They have argued that, without such a body in place, governments can delay the implementation of, or even ignore entirely, recommendations from public inquiries.
Backing this call, the committee told ministers: "The clearest, most consistent message we heard in our inquiry was that the government must now be held to account for implementing these recommendations.
"We therefore endorse witness calls for the design and implementation of an independent mechanism to ensure that the government is held to account going forward and is not left marking its own homework."
