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| Scotland's Fire Brigade Union has raised concerns that the fire service and residents were not told combustible cladding had been found in Glasgow. | Scotland's Fire Brigade Union has raised concerns that the fire service and residents were not told combustible cladding had been found in Glasgow. |
| It has emerged that the Glasgow City Council informed government ministers on 8 September that hundreds of homes were affected. | |
| The union questioned why the priority had not been to tell the fire service. | The union questioned why the priority had not been to tell the fire service. |
| The council later stressed there was no suggestion of a particular fire risk, and that residents would be informed. | The council later stressed there was no suggestion of a particular fire risk, and that residents would be informed. |
| Denise Christie, of the Fire Brigades Union, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "It's quite concerning that this information was known two weeks ago and the fire service have not been informed - they need to know where the risks are within their local areas. | Denise Christie, of the Fire Brigades Union, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "It's quite concerning that this information was known two weeks ago and the fire service have not been informed - they need to know where the risks are within their local areas. |
| "The Fire Brigades Union are concerned that Glasgow City Council knew about it, but their priority wasn't to inform the residents or the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service." | "The Fire Brigades Union are concerned that Glasgow City Council knew about it, but their priority wasn't to inform the residents or the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service." |
| 'National issue' | |
| MSPs and ministers have been conducting inquiries into fire safety and building and planning standards in Scotland in the aftermath of the Grenfell fire, which killed an estimated 80 people. | MSPs and ministers have been conducting inquiries into fire safety and building and planning standards in Scotland in the aftermath of the Grenfell fire, which killed an estimated 80 people. |
| Holyrood's local government and communities committee heard that Glasgow City Council had discovered combustible cladding at a number of properties while looking back over the plans for some private residential properties in the city. | |
| Raymond Barlow, assistant head of planning and building standards at the council, said information had come to light "in the last couple of weeks" about "private flatted developments". | |
| He revealed that neither the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service nor flat owners had been directly informed, but the Scottish government's ministerial working group had been told in the first instance because it was a "national issue". | |
| He had said all the buildings had fire systems in place and they all complied with the building regulations in force at the time they were constructed. |