DEFENCE Secretary Gavin Williamson is under attack by a parliamentary committee that is “extremely concerned” that an inferno at shoddy military quarters could kill British soldiers in their sleep.

Commons defence committee chair Julian Lewis, a Tory, has sent a scathing letter to the minister about the “shocking failure” of fire safety at barracks across Britain.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) houses unmarried soldiers in a range of accommodation, including a central London tower block  called Hyde Park Barracks that is taller than Grenfell Tower, raising the prospect of another tragedy.