David P Sugden says the construction industry cannot be trusted to improve standards. Other readers praise Guardian biographies of the 71 who died in the disaster on 14 June 2017

I am disgusted but not surprised at recent reports that the Hackitt review of the building regulatory system will not contain any major changes (‘We still have death traps’: Grenfell survivors demand ban on flammable cladding, 15 May). We never learn.

In 2003 government-sponsored research into the quality of passive fire protection (PFP) in buildings included this comment in its final report: “Public safety is being impinged by incorrect PFP measures and we feel that a disaster caused by accelerated or unexpected fire spread could follow if no action is taken to improve initial standards and to define the responsibility of building occupiers to undertake correct maintenance.”

Since then we’ve suffered two major fires and 78 deaths, yet “we” propose to leave the regulations as they are, it seems. The construction industry cannot be trusted to improve standards, as doing what they know is correct will be perceived to cost them business. It is almost a year since Grenfell, and it now looks as though nothing meaningful will be done, so it can all happen again as the PFP industry warned almost 20 years ago.

David P Sugden

Former chairman, Passive Fire Protection Forum

• Congratulations for your front page, with the most stunning piece of typography I have seen in a long time (The lives of Grenfell Tower, 14 May). Having read every name, my eyes were moist as I turned to page 6.

Robert Randall

Tweedmouth, Northumberland

• I was very moved by the Guardian’s biographies of the Grenfell Tower victims. It is precisely features like these that make my subscription worthwhile; I am so proud to read a newspaper that places equal value on each and every person. Thank you for celebrating their lives.

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• Congratulations on your Grenfell Tower coverage. Perhaps you can follow it up with a similar blast for the survivors. It is unbelievable that so many of them are still in temporary accommodation. Why are people with influence in London not making a huge fuss about this?

Joan Green

Bourn, Cambridgeshire

• The Grenfell Tower fire shocked us all, no matter where we lived, and led to promises that in too many cases are yet to be fulfilled. Let’s hope that outstanding financial issues, impacting on residents’ safety in other blocks clad with similar materials can be resolved swiftly, and certainly no later than 14 June.

Les Bright

Exeter, Devon

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