Clause 1 - Purposes of building regulations
Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill
10:15 am
Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
Of course, that is critical in our consideration of the clause, Mr. Hurst, as you have reminded this Committee and me.
The clause establishes a range of new considerations about building standards, and we must be mindful of the gaping hole that already exists in those standards in respect of the mismatch between warm home targets and fuel poverty. The hon. Member for Bolton, South-East alluded to that issue in his typically polite and understated way. Therefore, this is not a minor indictment against the Minister, but a serious charge. He must answer it for his Government because he does not want to be a Minister who, when he leaves office in a few months time, is remembered as the person who left countless thousands of vulnerable people in desperate fuel poverty.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 1 ordered to stand part of the Bill.