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Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill

Legislative scrutiny

The Draft Building Safety Bill was published on 20 July 2020 and will, according to the Secretary of State, “deliver the biggest changes to building safety for nearly 40 years and make residents safer in their homes.” The draft Building Safety Bill takes forward the Government’s commitment to fundamental reform of the building safety system.

The Committee held a series of oral evidence sessions in the Autumn with experts, residents, housebuilders, managing agents and freeholders, inspectors and local authority building control.

The Committee's report on the draft Bill was published on 24 November 2020. An interactive summary of our report is available here.

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Past events

Monday 19 October 2020
4:00pm Public
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill - Oral evidence 19 October 2020
4:00pm
  • Lord Greenhalgh (Minister for Building Safety and Communities at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Chandru Dissanayeke (Director of Building Safety Reform at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Michael Wade OBE (Expert Adviser at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Monday 5 October 2020
4:30pm Public
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill - Oral evidence 5 October 2020
4:30pm
  • Sarah Albon (Chief Executive at Health and Safety Executive)
  • Peter Baker (Director of Building Safety and Construction at Health and Safety Executive)
5:30pm
  • Dame Judith Hackitt
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Monday 28 September 2020
4:00pm Public
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill - Oral evidence 28 September 2020
4:00pm
  • Martin Boyd (Chair at Leasehold Knowledge Partnership)
  • Victoria Moffett (Head of Building Safety and Fire Programmes at National Housing Federation)
5:00pm
  • Dr Nigel Glen (CEO at Association of Residential Managing Agents)
  • Richard Silva (Executive Director at Long Harbour)
  • James Dalton (Director of General Insurance Policy at Association of British Insurers)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Monday 21 September 2020
4:00pm Public
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill - Oral evidence 21 September 2020
4:00pm
  • Dr Debbie Smith OBE (Director of Science and Professional Development at BRE Group)
  • Peter Capelhorn (CEO at Construction Products Association)
  • Dr Scott Steedman (Director of Standards at British Standards Institution)
5:00pm
  • The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE (Fire and Building Safety Spokesperson at Local Government Association (LGA))
  • Steve Wood (CEO at National House Building Council)
  • Mrs Lorna Stimpson (CEO at Local Authority Building Control)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: hclgcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 1975 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 7556 (media inquiries)
  • Address: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA