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HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 68 defines the meaning of “occupied” and a resident of a higher-risk building. They are key definitions that determine the application of the obligations under the new,…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)With regard to who to consult, the question would be: what is the circumstance in which we are seeking information? For the sake of argument, one example given in the explanatory…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)This group of amendments makes provisions on who the accountable person is for higher-risk building when the title to the building is held in commonhold. The commonhold…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. We need to acknowledge how much the building safety sector has changed as a result of Grenfell Tower and of this Bill. People are more…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)I understand the passion with which the hon. Lady makes her case, but I simply do not accept that point. We have been highly proportionate. Dame Judith Hackitt is well respected…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)The stakeholders we have consulted—Dame Judith Hackitt, the National Fire Chiefs Council and the Building Research Establishment—all think we have taken a proportionate approach…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank hon. Members for raising the important question of the definitions for high-risk building safety and safety in buildings of under 18 metres and a height of seven storeys.…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move Government amendment 41 in clause 69, page 85, line 34, at end insert— “This subsection is subject to subsection (2C) (special rule for commonhold land).”19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)Before I address this group, I would like to say that since this Committee last met we have suffered the very sad loss of two much loved and much respected colleagues, so I want…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)Clause 106 amends the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 to enable a special measures manager to make an application to the first-tier tribunal for the appointment of a manager under…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)Clause 87 creates requirements for mandatory occurrence reporting for occupied higher-risk buildings under the new building safety regime. The Government recognise the success of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)Amendments 52 and 53 amend clause 70. The Committee will know that clause 70(1)(b) sets out that the principal accountable person for a higher-risk building where there are…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 63 sets out that the Secretary of State must consult the Building Safety Regulator, unless advice or a recommendation has already been provided, before making regulations…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. That may be something upon which we need to deliberate further, to ensure that the purpose that she described is addressed. Redress…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)We recognise the need to ensure that the building safety regime is compatible with existing legislation and provides clarity as to the avenues of redress for any breaches of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for raising this important matter. The amendment would give the Secretary of State the power to make arrangements by order to resolve disputes between…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)Clause 117 sets out in one place the key powers of the Building Safety Regulator to issue guidance with statutory force on its functions under part 4, and the constraints on it…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend has got to the heart of the technicality of the clauses, given that they need to be able to apply in multiple circumstances. If we were too prescriptive and there…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)Clause 109 establishes the procedural steps that the Building Safety Regulator must take if it wishes to vary a special measures order that is in force on a building. The clause…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)I think the hon. Gentleman makes a point that may have passed me by. Because I started off as a civil engineer and have worked in construction all my life, I was excited by the…19 Oct 2021