The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to provide urgent clarity over whether any hospital buildings or wards could face being closed due to fears over dangerous concrete.
The winner of the Somerton and Frome by-election, Sarah Dyke, will today (Monday 4 September) arrive in Westminster to be sworn in as an MP.
The Government has refused to reveal which schools are affected by failing RAAC concrete. The Liberal Democrats are calling for the Government to release the list of schools affected.
Commenting on the news that a beam collapse prompted a warning to schools over concrete safety, the Liberal Democrats Spokersperson for Education, Munira Wilson MP said:
The Liberal Democrats have announced the party will step in and move the writ for the Mid Bedfordshire by-election as soon as Parliament returns on Monday (4 September), if the Conservatives refuse to do so.
Responding to reports in the Guardian which say, the government has told schools in England to immediately shut buildings made with aerated concrete until safety work is undertaken, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said: