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HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. This question is for both witnesses. Do you feel that the Building Safety Bill will significantly improve the building safety regime in this country, and make…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q My first question is whether there is added complication if, in between the leaseholder and the freeholder, there is a head leaseholder such as a housing association or another…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q Yes. I do not know whether you heard the evidence from the National Housing Federation. One of the issues it raised was seeking an appropriate mechanism to gain limited and…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q My question rolls on from the last. The building safety charge is merely for leaseholders; I do not even know whether it depends on whether you are a leaseholder of a private…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q This is a question for Martin Taylor; apologies if you have effectively covered this issue, Martin, but if you did, you did so very briefly. I asked a head of building control…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a couple. Like many Members, I have a lot of affected leaseholders. The McPartland new clause 4 proposes a building safety indemnity scheme, equivalent to the Motor…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q So it does not address the existing mess. Giles Peaker: No, I would not say so. Justin Bates: It is important to remember that this Bill is not only about fire safety. We are…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q It is the case for both of you that your competencies go across the building trade, yet the genesis of the Bill is residential buildings. Do you agree that the regime should be…09 Sept 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureResidents of Regatta Point, a block of flats in Brentford, want to install electric charging points in their 60-space basement car park. They are coming up against huge logistical…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mrs Miller. I get the point that Sir Ken made about the need not to be too risk averse, but an estate of hundreds of students and leaseholders in my constituency was…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Yes, Richmond House in Worcester Park. Dan Daly: There are a couple of things that I think are useful here. One is the competency issue. I think we have maintained right from the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q On that very point, I absolutely agree with Sir Ken. The six tower blocks beside the elevated section of the M4 in my constituency, Brentford Towers, were built roughly 50 years…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q The Bill covers modern materials but says less about modern methods of construction. Some building faults over the years have been the interaction between different elements of…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Second sitting)Q I asked the previous panel this question about construction products, but I should have held it for these two witnesses. By the way, I think that far too much plasterboard is…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Graham Watts, you just said that you think the HSE is the right place to place the building safety inspector. Do you feel that the HSE has the right expertise and sufficient…09 Sept 2021HANSARDLoan Charge: Bankruptcy1. What recent estimate he has made of the number of people subject to the loan charge who have been declared bankrupt.07 Sept 2021HANSARDLoan Charge: BankruptcyWe know that there are many, many thousands of nurses, social workers and other public sector workers who have been caught up in the loan charge. They took work via agencies that…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateI also had constituents who could not get to the Baron Hotel as a result of illness and disability. On Saturday, it was reported that British citizens seeking to flee into…06 Sept 2021HANSARD International Travel RulesSignificant concerns about conditions for people who return to the UK and in the quarantine hotels have been expressed by Members of this House and by the directors of public…19 Jul 2021