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Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill

Status: Closed Opened: 11 Jun 2020 Closed: 15 Jul 2021 53 recommendations 23 conclusions 1 report

The Draft Building Safety Bill was published on 20 July 2020 and will, according to the Secretary of State, “deliver the biggest changes to building safety for nearly 40 years and make residents safer in their homes.” The draft Building Safety Bill takes forward the Government’s commitment to fundamental reform of the building safety system. … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth report: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safe… HC 466 24 Nov 2020 76 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
51 Recommendation Fifth report: Pre-legislative scrutiny … Deferred

The Government must announce before the Bill is published whether it intends to adopt the...

The Government must announce before the Bill is published whether it intends to adopt the competency framework for the role of building safety manager proposed in the report from Working Group 8. If it does not, it must publish with the Bill the full details of the framework it does … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government intends to publish further detail on key elements of the new regime, including the competence framework for building safety managers, during the passage of the Bill rather than before its publication as recommended.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
65 Conclusion Fifth report: Pre-legislative scrutiny … Deferred

We are not persuaded that third-party certification alone would provide the transparency and accountability that...

We are not persuaded that third-party certification alone would provide the transparency and accountability that we and the Hackitt report have previously recommended and still believe that details of test failures and re-run tests should also be made publicly available. Read more

Government response AI summary
The government agrees that third-party certification alone is insufficient for transparency and accountability, and has announced an independent review into testing, deferring action until its findings are considered.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
19 Oct 2020 Chandru Dissanayeke · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Wade OBE · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Lord Greenhalgh · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government View ↗
5 Oct 2020 Dame Judith Hackitt · Building Control Independent Panel, Peter Baker · Health and Safety Executive, Sarah Albon · Health and Safety Executive View ↗
28 Sep 2020 Dr Nigel Glen · Association of Residential Managing Agents, James Dalton · Association of British Insurers (ABI), Martin Boyd · Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, Richard Silva · Long Harbour, Victoria Moffett · National Housing Federation View ↗
21 Sep 2020 Dr Debbie Smith OBE · BRE Group, Dr Scott Steedman · British Standards Institution, Mrs Lorna Stimpson · Local Authority Building Control, Peter Capelhorn · Construction Products Association, Steve Wood · National House Building Council, The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE · Local Government Association (LGA) View ↗
14 Sep 2020 Adrian Dobson · Royal Institute of British Architects, Graham Watts OBE · Construction Industry Council, Roy Wilsher · National Fire Chiefs Council, Sir Ken Knight · Building Safety Independent Expert Advisory Panel View ↗

Who gave evidence

21 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Adrian Dobson · Executive Director, Professional Knowledge and St… Royal Institute of British Architects 1
Chandru Dissanayeke · Director of Regulatory Reform, Safer Greener Buil… Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1
Dame Judith Hackitt · Chair Building Control Independent Panel 1
Dr Debbie Smith OBE · Director of Science and Professional Development BRE Group 1
Dr Nigel Glen · CEO Association of Residential Managing Agents 1
Dr Scott Steedman · Director-General, Standards British Standards Institution 1
Graham Watts OBE · Chief Executive Construction Industry Council 1
James Dalton · Director General Insurance Policy Association of British Insurers (ABI) 1
Martin Boyd · Chair Leasehold Knowledge Partnership 1
Michael Wade OBE · Expert Adviser Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
Mrs Lorna Stimpson · CEO Local Authority Building Control 1
Peter Baker · Director of Building Safety and Construction Health and Safety Executive 1
Peter Capelhorn · CEO Construction Products Association 1
Richard Silva · Executive Director Long Harbour 1
Roy Wilsher · Chair National Fire Chiefs Council 1
Sarah Albon · Chief Executive Health and Safety Executive 1
Sir Ken Knight · Chair Building Safety Independent Expert Advisory Panel 1
Steve Wood · CEO National House Building Council 1
The Lord Greenhalgh · Minister of State for Building Safety and Communi… Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE · Fire and Building Safety Spokesman Local Government Association (LGA) 1
Victoria Moffett · Head of Building Safety and Fire Programmes National Housing Federation 1

Correspondence

14 letters
DateDirectionTitle
7 Sep 2021 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Building Safety to the Chair dated 31 August 2021 …
19 Jul 2021 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Building Safety dated 19 July 2021 co…
13 Jul 2021 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Building Safety to the Chair dated 5 July 2021 con…
23 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from Dr Jonathan Evans to the Chair dated 20 October 2020 concerning bui…
23 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from the Chief Executive of the Health & Safety Executive to the Chair d…
16 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from Long Harbour to the Chair dated 5 October 2020 concerning pre-legis…
16 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Building Safety to the Chair dated 1 October 2020 …
6 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Building Safety dated 5 October 2020 …
29 Sep 2020 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Lord Blencathra dated 28 September 2020 concerning the…
29 Sep 2020 To cttee Letter from Sir Ken Knight to the Chair dated 16 September 2020 following up hi…
15 Sep 2020 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Building Safety and Communities dated…
14 Sep 2020 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Building Safety and Communities to the Chair dated…
8 Sep 2020 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Building Safety and Communities to the Chair dated…
8 Sep 2020 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Building Safety and Communities dated…