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Building Safety: Remediation and Funding

Status: Closed Opened: 19 Jan 2022 Closed: 23 May 2022 16 recommendations 5 conclusions 1 report

The purpose of this inquiry is to examine the effectiveness and impact of the Government’s planned measures to make developers and industry cover the costs of remediation, to scrutinise whether the Secretary of State’s approach goes far enough to finally fix this crisis, and to examine what the funding arrangement to be agreed with industry … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remediation and Funding HC 1063 11 Mar 2022 21 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

3 items
6 Recommendation Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remed… Accepted in Part

We do not agree with the Government’s proposal that only buy-to-let landlords with one other...

We do not agree with the Government’s proposal that only buy-to-let landlords with one other property should be included in the statutory protections for leaseholders. Should the Government continue to treat buy-to-let landlords differently to other leaseholders there are other options available to exclude wealthy property tycoons from the protections … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government extended the number of protected properties from two to three, meaning leaseholders living in their own home and those with up to three UK properties in total will be protected; all leaseholders will be protected where the building owner is connected to the …
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
16 Recommendation Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remed… Accepted in Part

The Government should table new amendments to the Building Safety Bill to ensure that, where...

The Government should table new amendments to the Building Safety Bill to ensure that, where the “polluter(s)” still exist, industry players must compensate leaseholders for remediation and interim costs already paid out and must pay for works that have been started or specified. In line with principles already set out … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government will not repay leaseholders for work already undertaken, but states that the Building Safety Act makes it a legal requirement for building owners to exhaust all other routes to fund essential building safety work before passing costs onto leaseholders. It states that caps …
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
20 Recommendation Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remed… Accepted in Part

Given that the introduction of the PAS 9980 will not result in the elimination of...

Given that the introduction of the PAS 9980 will not result in the elimination of EWS1 forms, we remain concerned that uncertainty will remain about the safety of buildings and will continue to stymie those trying to sell their homes. We welcome the work being done with lenders to try … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government is committed to a state-backed professional indemnity insurance scheme for EWS1 assessors, is assessing the fire risk assessor market, and has funded RICS to train assessors; but does not directly commit to monitoring and reporting back to the committee on the impact of …
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
21 Feb 2022 Rt Hon Michael Gove · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities View ↗
2 Feb 2022 Charles Roe · UK Finance, Cllr Rachel Blake · Local Government Association, Geeta Nada · Metropolitan Thames Valley, James Dalton · Association of British Insurers (ABI), Kate Henderson · National Housing Federation, Richard Collins · Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) View ↗
31 Jan 2022 Andrew Bulmer · Institute of Residential Property Management, Ben Beadle · National Residential Landlords Association, Ben Beadle · National Residential Landlords' Association, David O'Leary · Home Builders Federation, John Mulryan · Ballymore, Liam Spender · UK Cladding Action Group, Peter Caplehorn · Construction Products Association View ↗

Who gave evidence

14 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Andrew Bulmer · CEO Institute of Residential Property Management 1
Ben Beadle · Chief Executive National Residential Landlords Association 1
Ben Beadle · Chief Executive National Residential Landlords' Association 1
Charles Roe · Director of Mortgages UK Finance 1
Cllr Rachel Blake · Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board Local Government Association 1
David O'Leary · Executive Director Home Builders Federation 1
Geeta Nada · Chief Executive, and chair of the G15 group of Lo… Metropolitan Thames Valley 1
James Dalton · Director General Insurance Policy Association of British Insurers (ABI) 1
John Mulryan · Group Managing Director Ballymore 1
Kate Henderson · CEO National Housing Federation 1
Liam Spender · Representative UK Cladding Action Group 1
Peter Caplehorn · Chief Executive Construction Products Association 1
Richard Collins · Interim Chief Executive Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) 1
Rt Hon Michael Gove · Secretary of State Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1

Correspondence

10 letters
DateDirectionTitle
17 May 2022 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair dated 7 May 2022 concerning bui…
22 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Association of British Insurers dated 22 March 202…
9 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from the Association of British Insurers to the Chair dated 8 March 2022…
8 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from G15 to the Chair dated 4 March 2022 following up evidence given bef…
8 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from the British Standards Institution dated 2 March 2022 concerning the…
1 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from the Construction Products Association to the Chair dated 17 Februar…
1 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from the National Residential Landlords Association to the Chair dated 2…
22 Feb 2022 To cttee Letter from Ballymore to the Chair dated 11 February 2022 concerning evidence g…
22 Feb 2022 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair dated 21 February 2022 concerni…
22 Feb 2022 To cttee Letter from the Home Builders Federation to the Chair dated 16 February 2022 co…