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HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is very experienced in local government and an experienced member of the HCLG Committee. Does he not agree that it will be really important to ensure that the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her question. My hon. Friend the Member for Bolton North East made a similar point about resourcing to the Minister. The Minister referred to a funding…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, to participate in this Committee and to follow the hon. Member for Weaver Vale. His contribution was fascinating, and I…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I am sure we all agree that the inclusion of residents’ panels is absolutely vital. Does the Minister agree that the panels should be composed of the broadest possible range of…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I will keep my comments brief. Like other hon. Members, I support the clause. The key thing for me is that the Building Safety Regulator will sit within the HSE, which already has…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I welcome the aims of the clause, in combination with other clauses. It is right that the regulator is able to review competences. As we heard in the evidence sessions, the one…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I, too, welcome the clause. I think it is representative of the broad intention in the Bill for there to be collaboration, because collaboration will be a really important part of…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)Absolutely, and the hon. Lady made a really interesting point that allows us to think about how that would operate. We talk quite abstractly about things, and the clause in…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I will be brief, because I think this clause and the amendment to it are relatively straightforward. The hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth makes an interesting point. I will…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I relayed this point to my right hon. Friend the Minister earlier. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is very important that the regulator should not be siloed in its approach to…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I do not disagree with the hon. Gentleman. One point that I would make, now that I have been able to gather my notes, is that clause 5 kind of addresses the issue. It says: “The…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)Of course I will give way to the hon. Gentleman.16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, and I see her point, but I maintain the point that I made: we are slightly straying here. I see what she says, because if a building is…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I wanted to touch on accountable persons, because the Bill creates that role. One of the things that you have talked about throughout your evidence is the relationships that the…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q Mr Bulmer, how do you feel we should enhance tenants’ representation? Andrew Bulmer: You use the word maximise; I would use the word optimise. We are working with HSE on the…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q Engagement with residents will be a key part of this, particularly for the accountable persons. I have at times seen some very good engagement models, where residents feel they…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Third sitting)Does anyone else have anything to add to that comprehensive response? Peter Baker: On the softer side of things, a measure of success for me, having had experience of introducing…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q What would be the measures of success for you? Sarah Albon: As with anything else, there will obviously be some key measures of success on service delivery to those people who…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Third sitting)Q This question is for Sarah Albon. Going back to Ian Byrne’s question about the Building Safety Regulator, what is the metric of success when it comes to embedding the BSR within…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Dr Glen, do you have anything to add? Dr Glen: I am a bit wary about looking at the ownership structure, simply because if we waved a magic wand and all those buildings were…14 Sept 2021