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HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q I have the same question for all the witnesses. What is welcome in the Bill? What is bad, with unintended consequences, let us say around affordable housing and ambitions to…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q Are the new regulator, the proposals, the powers, the responsibilities and, indeed, the resources appropriate, and is anything missing from the Bill? Dr Steedman: There are some…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q I want to pick up on that point of independent building scrutiny. Is that something that you would add to the scope of the proposed building regulator, or would you look at…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Does the Bill protect leaseholders from unaffordable costs, and focus the mind or regulate to ensure that the industry steps up and pays its responsibilities and its fair share,…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Will the new regime stop resident leaseholders being fleeced by the mediation costs—the EWS1 process, the astronomical insurance costs? The list goes on and on—not to mention…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q It is great to see both witnesses. If there was one thing that you would like to see in the Bill to improve building safety for people, what would it be? Sir Ken Knight: First…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)It is good to see you in person, Kate and Victoria.09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association.09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q It is good to see you both, from afar. I have a question for you both: does the Bill ensure that the polluter pays? They are still receiving billions of pounds of Government…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q What more could be done to protect leaseholders from historical remediation costs and ensure that those responsible for this mess are pursued and pay? You have referred to suing…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q Dan Hewitt from ITN has been involved in a campaign—an exposé, really—on some of the standards across the sector. By your own admittance, they are not acceptable. Will this new…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q Could a developer facing potential litigation utilise human rights legislation? Giles Peaker: We have been wracking our brains about this one. I know the clause that you are…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, I think, Ms Rees. I congratulate the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) on securing this…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingMy hon. Friend is exactly right about that interdependency, not only of the state, whether regional or local, but of charities. I am sure that the Minister will refer to it when…08 Sept 2021HANSARDPensions UpdateGiven that the Secretary of State and every other Tory MP stood on a manifesto commitment not to increase national insurance contributions and hit the lowest paid—whom people…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillIt is an honour and a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) as the 54th speaker on the call list. I thank nearly every Member from all parts of the…21 Jul 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Protection from Unfair PracticesThere is, finally, much in the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill for many people to welcome going forward, but people like Tracy in my constituency, and many millions of…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWhat assessment have the Secretary of State and his Department made of the number of children with long covid, and when will children get vaccinated?12 Jul 2021HANSARDBuilding SafetyI thank all hon. Members for their contributions today, particularly the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee—my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield…29 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.15 Jun 2021