Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 22
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We see no justification for the provision in clause 12 empowering the Secretary of State...
Recommendation
We see no justification for the provision in clause 12 empowering the Secretary of State to abolish the Building Advisory Committee, the Committee on Industry Competence and the Residents’ Panel, and can see no circumstances in which this power would ever sensibly be used. We recommend that clause 12 be amended to delete the Secretary of State’s power to abolish.
Paragraph Reference:
82
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
56. The Government agrees with the Committee that the three statutory committees (the Building Advisory Committee, the Committee on Industry Competence and the Residents’ Panel) should be retained. We intend that these committees will continue to have an important role to play in providing advice and challenge to the Building Safety Regulator. 57. Having reflected on the Committee’s recommendation, we are therefore minded to remove the power in clause 12 that would enable the Secretary of State to abolish these committees. We believe that the right legislative approach would be to set out on the face of the Bill what the committees are, what they do and to ensure they continue to have an important role to play.