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HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I had not thought that this debate would take quite so long, but it has been worth listening to every second of every minute. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Thurlow, for…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillHousing is ring-fenced.24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, this has been a very good debate. I have enjoyed listening to virtually every speech, including that of the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock. I am not going to pick out any…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI am sorry; I will slow down. Amendment 23 is a drafting change to Clause 52 and should be read alongside Amendment 26, which amends the same section of the Building Act 1984.…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI thank the noble Lord for giving me that get-out. He is absolutely right that this is a complicated matter. You often have an old office building from which you create a new…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI am the Minister with responsibility for fire as well as for building safety, and I will ensure that it is published in weeks and not months or years. Noble Lords will know that…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I was not expecting to be in what the Romans called a frigidarium for this stage of the Bill. It is positively bracing. I am sure that as the week wears on we will get a…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I have some experience of this, having led the council that includes Shepherd’s Bush and Hammersmith and Fulham for six years. Even in that time, there were significant…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI think we need to ensure the competence of enforcement and that it works, and the competence of the people who assess buildings and sign them off as fit for human habitation. In…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I am getting used to the free-wheeling nature of these debates. I apologise that I stood up before the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, had her say. There is no doubt that…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I think I should start by dealing with something that probably relates to the previous group. I am sorry that so many noble Lords have had such arduous journeys to get…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, we come to the—I am sorry, it is the turn of the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock.21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI will combine the letter for the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock. Essentially, they want an answer to this question: “If you take a non-residential…21 Feb 2022