this is what bloomberg reports that theresa may's immigration minister brandon lewis was formerly theousing minister in a position he declined to require developers to install sprinklers. >> well, look. this isn't new to us. inther area south of london, 2009, caught fire and we had six fatalites there. the expert corner on that case, her recommendationsns were that sprinklers become mandatory, part of health and safety -- fire safety regulations for high-rise buildings. note recommendations were enacted and they were left as optional elements. in ourion-wise, it says fire and safety regulations that as long as they meet the overall requirements, the developers are fine. that is what we see in grenfell tower. it is not that grenfell tower did not go through safety checks. it did. there were 16 independent inspections of that building, led by the local council which hazards inpot the the problem areas that have been highlighted by the residence association for years. the community sees something is a problem, on the part of the contractors, they will only do the minimum to maximize thei

we have also seen brandon lewis walked in, the policing and fire services minister.n tipped for great things actually so we are wondering if there is a promotion at all for him, perhaps leader of the house to replace david lidington. we will wait with baited breath come to see if he comes out is to announce what is newjob might be, i have been getting updates so we will keep you informed. this has not been a reshuffle but a continuity shuffle hummer or non—shuffle if you like. theresa may has kept many of those cabinet ministers in the same place. there isa ministers in the same place. there is a sense she needs to keep continuity. there is a sense that it needs to be business as usual. where are we to be a fly on the wall and some of those conversations in there, you wonder if they are having conversations about loyalty, plenty of calls from the backbenches today suggesting theresa may's leadership has been seriously damaged. for now she is certainly holding on them are certainly getting on with the role of being prime minister, as deciding who is going to be in her

thatjust has not emerged, and that, i have to say, follows on from the previous housing minister, brandon lewissuch a tragedy to be making those very direct political accusations. but there is no doubt that there are a whole load of very difficult questions waiting to be a nswered difficult questions waiting to be answered by gavin barwell once this tragedy is over. agger very much, norman smith, apologies if you frantically called me trying to work out who our next guests would be. i am here as an individual assembly member, but that is one of myjobs. individual assembly member, but that is one of my jobs. you are a local councillor, is that correct? yes. so today, what questions would you like answered? well, something the leader of the council said yesterday, the leader of the council, kensington and chelsea, he said that when the refurbishments of the tower was finished, there would have been a full inspection, which suggested to me that he has not seen any full inspection, and that raises the question as to whether there was a full inspection. would-be leader of the council get to see that

and we will get the conservative viewpoint as well when brandon lewis arrives later.unexpected election, the very busy calendar of major state events at this time of year, there has been less time for the key participants, especially the armed forces, to prepare for this, so it will be a scaled—down event. her majesty will arrive by car, and when the procession takes place inside parliament, the queen will not be wearing the usual crown or parliamentary robes. this has happened before, but you need to go back 43 years. and that was in march 1974 after the snap election called by the conservative edward heath when he lost his majority. does that sound vaguely familiar? said the queen travel by car in 1974, and during the ceremony did not wear the imperial state crown. we will see that replicated today. there hasn't been state opening like this in nearly half a century. let's quickly get our bearings in the palace of westminster ahead of the queen's arrival. let's explain the geography so that you know what is going on. behind us here on the green the great behind us he