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HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Third sitting)I do not know whether Mr Walker would like to comment on any of those questions. Kieran Walker: It is not an area for the HBF. I will not comment further.14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q Good morning to each of you. The Government have chosen not to legislate for a register of competent building safety managers, and said that any register should be industry-led.…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q The draft Bill is largely a framework Bill, sometimes referred to as an enabling Bill, which provides for key parts of the new regulatory regime to be established by delegated…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q On a similar line to my colleague on the right, will the Bill deliver what we are looking for in the future? We are talking about a Bill for the future and not historically.…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. Do you concur, Dr Glen? Dr Glen: I do. As we discussed earlier, if you look at the Law Commission reforms on enfranchisement, right to manage and promoting…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That covered part of my question, which was: were the Government right to retain the duty holder’s power to choose a building control body? Will the reforms in the Bill fix the…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q In the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, there is a duty to provide adequate training to anyone carrying out a role in their employment. It seems to me that the resources have…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you think placing the Building Safety Regulator within the Health and Safety Executive might improve the situation or do anything to address it? Mr Wrack : It certainly will…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning to you both. Will the reforms to the building control profession fix the problems identified by Dame Judith Hackitt? In particular, are the Government right to…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)It is about building safety systems, the priorities, and if the owners of properties just put in for any grants that they are eligible for—they are, for instance, eligible to…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q The Bill gives the Secretary of State the power to regulate construction products. Does it contain enough information about the new regime? Is there enough certainty about what…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Excuse me, Mrs Miller, but a number of us are having difficulty hearing on this side.09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q You just mentioned it coming forward very quickly after the Bill goes through, but there is nothing to guarantee that. Sir Ken Knight: No, there is not, but I think the Building…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Sorry, I am not hearing you.09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)For tenure. If you own a property or if you are a social tenant, it is not available for your home. Dr Steedman: I would anticipate that the building is designed, constructed and…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Under clause 84, an accountable person “must take all reasonable steps for… preventing a building safety risk materialising as regards the part of the building for they are…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Okay.09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)No.09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q I am particularly interested in the building safety fund. It is not accessible for properties that have social tenants in them. How does that impact on housing associations? I…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q My concern is whether, under the Building Safety Bill, there is a risk of building safety being built for tenure, rather than risk. Dr Steedman: Sorry, for?09 Sept 2021