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HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I am immensely grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is characteristically very generous. I would be interested to hear how the clause would deal with developers that dissolve,…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)To answer my hon. Friend’s question, we need to go back to what Dame Judith Hackitt said. She found a fundamental flaw in the regulatory framework. Effectively, it was giving…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)This is a really important clause. My right hon. Friend was rather succinct in his comments, but he touched on the balancing of the environment with the Bill. As we talked about…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the Minister give way?23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I, too, welcome clause 41 and its effect on the Building Act. I want to raise a point with my right hon. Friend the Minister around clarity. We will effectively have two bodies in…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I am talking to clause 37. To help the hon. Member for Weaver Vale, I am responding to the intervention by my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw. He asked a specific point about…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I will keep my comments brief. I appreciate that this is a technical clause, as my right hon. Friend has articulated well, but I will make a few brief points. Broadly speaking, I…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I should also have said in my previous contribution that it is a pleasure to see you back in the Chair today, Mr Efford, and I thank you for your indulgence during our previous…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I am really pleased to speak both to the clause and to the amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Luton South. As someone who probably would not be here were it not for social…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I very much concur with the sentiment behind the amendment, as someone who is very passionate about social housing, as my right hon. Friend knows. Will he ensure that the…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. Dame Judith Hackitt’s review highlighted a shameful system. Putting in place a criminal offence shows that we will not and…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman touches on a really important point. I have a couple of points to address it. Last week, we heard from the Minister that there would be, broadly speaking, a new…21 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way; he is being incredibly generous in taking interventions. My hon. Friend the Member for Stroud and the hon. Member for St Albans…21 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to be back on a Committee with you, Mr Efford, and to see you in the Chair. I shall keep my comments brief because my right hon. Friend the Minister articulated…21 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I am incredibly grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way; his characteristic generosity is shining through. I do not wish to lead him astray, but I am conscious of the…21 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I am incredibly grateful to my right hon. Friend; he is being generous in allowing me to intervene. Given his expertise as an IT specialist, does he not agree that one of the key…21 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that establishing criminal offences of obstructing the regulator’s work solidifies the regulator’s position, which is vital in ensuring residents’ safety?21 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Eighth sitting)My right hon. Friend Minister might intend to touch on this—if so, I apologise for pre-empting him—but in the scenario of a multi-purpose development, could he clarify what would…21 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I am sure that many on the Committee are wondering what on Earth I could have to say about the service of documents. I would, of course, have given way to the hon. Member for…21 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)This might seem quite a technical clause and set of amendments, but it is an important one. I speak as the Member for the 14th most deprived borough in the country. I am conscious…21 Sept 2021