Building Regulations: Electrical Safety
Communities and Local Government
Adrian Sanders (Torbay, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment his Department has made of the level of improvement in the standard of electrical work in homes since 2005; and how this assessment will be taken into account when taking any decision on whether to retain Part P of the building regulations.
Andrew Stunell (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government; Hazel Grove, Liberal Democrat)
The Department recently consulted on proposals to amend Part P of the Building Regulations (Electrical safety in dwellings). We published a consultation stage impact assessment on