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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.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fifth report: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill
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Building Safety Bill: Government response to pre-legislative scrutiny by the Select Committee
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Minister for Building Safety to the Chair dated 31 August 2021 concerning the Government response to the Committee's pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Building Safety Bill
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Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Building Safety dated 19 July 2021 concerning pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill
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Letter from the Minister for Building Safety to the Chair dated 5 July 2021 concerning the introduction of the Building Safety Bill into the House of Commons
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Oral evidence transcripts

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19 October 2020
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5 October 2020
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28 September 2020
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Written evidence

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Anonymous (BSB0012)
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Anonymous (BSB0215)
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Miss Barbara Sowa (QI Practicioner at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) (BSB0402)
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