7. Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:08 pm on 14 December 2021.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 6:08, 14 December 2021

Thank you, Llywydd. Minister, I know you're aware of my enthusiasm for tightening Part L of the building regulations so that all new buildings are fit for purpose in our climate-threatened world. It's the biggest investment that most people ever make, and they really don't deserve developers dumping hidden costs onto them and encouraging them to buy buildings that aren't fit for purpose in either the safety or the fuel efficiency of the building. So, I absolutely support, as I'm sure everybody does, that we ensure that these multi-occupied buildings have safety built in, not designed out. As it's over four years since the Grenfell disaster, what changes have been made to building regs as well as the monitoring required to ensure that the plans are constructed to the approved specification so that anyone who's buying a home today doesn't have to go through the agony people living in these sick buildings have had to endure for all these years?