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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to implement the recommendations of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment report, entitled More homes, fewer complaints, published in July 2016; and what assessment has been made of the implications for his policies of section 4.1 of that report on improving workmanship and inspection.

The Government welcomes the contributions of the report to improving the quality and workmanship of new housing in England. In respect of specific recommendations made in the report, we have taken action to enable inspection records to be made available to building owners on request.