Select committee: Industry and Regulators Committee

The Building Safety Regulator

Closed Opened 17 Jun 2025 Closed 8 Jun 2026
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The report The Building Safety Regulator: Building a better regulator was published on 11 December 2025. The Government response was published on 11 February 2026. The report was debated on 8 June 2026.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 17 June 2025.

The committee has published 1 report, most recently 2nd Report - The Building Safety Regulator: Building a better regulator on 11 December 2025.

The government's response

Published 11 February 2026. The deadline was 11 February 2026.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government says it accepts "the intent of the recommendations" and sets out how it will take them forward, while declining to make the Single Construction Regulator "dependent on dynamic and short-term building control decision averages".

  • On the Committee's call to delay the Single Construction Regulator until statutory timeframes are met, the government "would not wish to impede vital reform". It says changes to the BSR will be "carefully considered" to "minimise disruption".
  • On construction products, the government "intends to publish a white paper before Spring 2026" in response to the green paper, which consulted on a general safety requirement.
  • On annual reporting of inspection findings, the BSR "will consider" how thematic insights could be communicated, subject to resourcing, proportionality and data protection considerations.
  • On Category B works, the government "agree[s] that action is urgently needed" to make the regime proportionate. It has launched a consultation on telecommunications works and will consult on minor building work within homes and existing fire doors "later in the spring".

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Reports

1 report

Oral evidence sessions

7 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
28 Oct 2025
Oral evidence session
Andy Roe · Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Catherine Adams · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Charlie Pugsley · Building Safety Regulator, Samantha Dixon MBE MP · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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9 Sep 2025
Oral evidence session
Chris Griffin McTiernan · Building Safety Regulator, Philip White · Building Safety Regulator
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2 Sep 2025
Oral evidence session
Darren Ettles · Association of Building Control Approvers, Duncan Johnson · Northern Gritstone, Graham Russell MBE · Office for Product Safety and Standards, Lorna Stimpson · Local Authority Building Control
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15 Jul 2025
Oral evidence session
Dame Judith Hackitt · Building Control Independent Panel
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8 Jul 2025
Oral evidence session
Ben Oram · Architectural Technical Leads Group, Gary Strong · Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Helen Fisher · Homes England, Mark Reynolds · NHS Digital, Steve Evans · National House Building Council
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1 Jul 2025
Oral evidence session
Giles Grover · End Our Cladding Scandal, Liam Spender · UK Cladding Action Group, Pamela Oparaocha · London Fire Brigade
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24 Jun 2025
Oral evidence session
Dan Hollas · Clarion Housing Group, Matt Voyce · Quintain
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Who gave evidence

21 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Andy Roe · Non-Executive Chair, Shadow Building Safety Regulator Board Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
Ben Oram · Chair Architectural Technical Leads Group 1
Catherine Adams · Director of Net Zero and Greener Building Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1
Charlie Pugsley · CEO Building Safety Regulator 1
Chris Griffin McTiernan · Deputy Director Operations Building Safety Regulator 1
Dame Judith Hackitt · Chair Building Control Independent Panel 1
Dan Hollas · Director, Building Safety Clarion Housing Group 1
Darren Ettles · Secretary Association of Building Control Approvers 1
Duncan Johnson · CEO Northern Gritstone 1
Gary Strong · Global Building Standards Director Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1
Giles Grover · Co-Lead End Our Cladding Scandal 1
Graham Russell MBE · Chief Executive Officer Office for Product Safety and Standards 1
Helen Fisher · Programme Director, Cladding Safety Scheme Homes England 1
Liam Spender · Representative UK Cladding Action Group 1
Lorna Stimpson · Chief Executive Local Authority Building Control 1
Mark Reynolds · Interim Chief Technology Officer NHS Digital 1
Matt Voyce · Executive Director, Construction Quintain 1
Pamela Oparaocha · Assistant Commissioner for Fire Safety London Fire Brigade 1
Philip White · Director of Building Safety Building Safety Regulator 1
Samantha Dixon MBE MP · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
Steve Evans · Head of Technical Operations National House Building Council 1

Correspondence

1 letter

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Meetings & visits

3 items

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DateTypeDetailSource
2 Dec 2025 Formal meeting (private meeting) Not recorded · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
25 Nov 2025 Formal meeting (private meeting) Not recorded · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
16 Sep 2025 Formal meeting (private meeting) Not recorded · Room 3, Palace of Westminster