Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward his legislative proposals on building safety standards.

This government is committed to bringing forward legislation that delivers meaningful and lasting change at the earliest opportunity.

Our consultation, Building a Safer Future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system, closed on 31 July 2019, and we will be providing a response by the end of this year. A decision on whether the Bill will be published in draft will be taken in due course.

We are not waiting for legislation to begin reforming the system – we are acting now to fix existing problems, trial new approaches and encourage industry to lead the necessary culture change. In his statement to the House on 5 September (Official Report, column 372), my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State updated the House, reporting on our progress in a range of areas.