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HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for St Albans for tabling the amendment, which we support. This culture change in building safety—making people safe in buildings in the here and now, and…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I definitely agree with my hon. Friend—I wouldn’t dare not—and this cannot be allowed to continue.21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve once again under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I have a number of questions. The building safety charge has proved to be somewhat controversial among…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a powerful and pertinent point, which I am sure the Minister will respond to. I know that it has been a particular issue in shared ownership properties,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I want to address a couple of points, for clarity. I thank the Minister for the explanation. Her Majesty’s official Opposition support commonholds and have argued for them for a…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister, and my hon. Friend the Member for Luton South for her contribution. In principle, the clause seems to be a step forward, but in reality, it will hardwire…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his powerful and insightful intervention. He mentions the case study of somebody who is trapped in this nightmare, which the Ministers and the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister has spoken before about his work on the upcoming social housing reforms. We are grateful to him for his hard work and to all those stakeholders currently involved,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 16, in clause 137, page 142, line 36, at end insert— “(c) after sub-paragraph (1), insert— ‘(1A) He must as part of his investigation consult tenants or…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for outlining the provisions in this clause, which we support. There is a need to strengthen the regulatory regime, so this regulator is welcome. We have seen…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 14, in clause 126, page 133, line 1, leave out “15 years” and insert “30 years”. This amendment changes the period for claims under the Defective Premises…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for tabling this important amendment. It is something that we are familiar with. My good friend and colleague, the hon. Member for Brentford and…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister and all those who have intervened. Clause 125 is welcome on this side, but it does not go far enough. We welcome the extension to refurbished properties,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Yes, Justin Bates and Giles Peaker.21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The former Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick), admitted that most cladded buildings were built in the period between 2000 and 2017. Given that…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)On counter-litigation under the Human Rights Act, will the Minister elaborate on that scenario and the right to private property?21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I suspect that we will probably come back to this subject on Report, perhaps in a different form of amendment. I thank the Minister for his detailed and considered response. I beg…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for the explanation, and his enthusiasm for the creation of the new homes ombudsman scheme, which by his admittance he has rightly argued for in principle…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr Davies. I have a brief question for the Minister about examples of civil breaches and sanctions. He referred…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)Of course, the new regime is resource intensive. We have principal accountable persons, accountable persons, building safety managers and 12,500 to 13,000 buildings. There will be…19 Oct 2021