Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 17 March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the May 2019 Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Fire Safety: Final Report, Cm9607, whether the proposed Dutyholders will be the same as provided for in the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the May 2019 Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Fire Safety: Final Report, Cm9607, whether he plans to extend the requirement that buildings in use have a safety case to (a) residential facilities out of scope of the Independent Review, (b) office premises, (c) sports stadia, (d) transport hubs and (e) other public settings and events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the Government’s response to the feedback received on the 6 June 2019 consultation entitled Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the May 2019 Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Fire Safety: Final Report, Cm 9607, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of Dutyholders having to ensure that building safety risk is reduced so far as is reasonably practicable compared with as low as reasonably practicable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the May 2019 Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Fire Safety: Final Report. Cm9607, whether he plans to consult on the proposal to reduce building safety risk so far as is reasonably practical.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the May 2019 Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Fire Safety: Final Report, Cm9607, what his timescale is for the full implementation of the proposals in that report.
The Government has been considering the feedback received from its ‘Building a Safer Future’ consultation carefully, working with other government departments, its delivery partners and stakeholders in the building safety sector to ensure that the reforms brought forward are comprehensive and deliver real change.
We will be shortly publishing our response to this consultation, setting out details of the new regulatory regime, to be legislated for in the Building Safety Bill, that will ensure residents are, and feel, safe in their homes.
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