Scott Miller of NFRC member Compass Roofing has told the Edinburgh Evening News that there "should be some sort of MOT for a building… …If the oil light comes on in your car, you get it looked at.”

The newspaper has investigation, which revealed a five-fold rise in reports of falling masonry in ten years—with one in three posing a risk to the public.

The annual safety test for buildings is one solution to solving the crisis; another is charging developers for repairs.

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