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British Safety Council fund the new regulator to ensure new
building safety bill delivers Building safety must be properly enforced if new measures are to protect people says chief executive Mike Robinson
The British Safety Council has today welcomed the government’s draft Building Safety Bill. Many of the measures had previously been trailed and today marks the formal publication of a range of measures outlined in the wake of the tragic fire at Grenfell tower three years ago. According the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, the bill takes forward the government’s commitment to fundamental reform of the building safety system. It includes measures to implement the principles and recommendations of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. The government has also today published a consultation on Fire Safety. The bill formally creates anewnational regulator for the safety of buildings,working with local authorities and environmental health
departments.The government has asked HSE to establish anew building safety regulator to oversee the safe design, construction and occupation of high-risk buildings so that residents are safe and feel safe. It will be independent and give expert advice to local regulators, landlords and building owners, the construction and building design industry, and to residents. Lastweek,Mike Robinson, chief executive of the British SafetyCouncil, wrote to the housing minister Chris PincherMPasking for an urgent update on the building safety bill. He expressed his concern at the slow progress in removing dangerousACMcladding fromhigh-rise residential buildings saying:“While I knowyou sharemy frustration at the slowprogress since 2017, Iwould be grateful if you could focus all the efforts of your officials in addressing this important issue of public safety.” Speaking todayMike Robinson, said: “Iamglad that the bill has nowbeen published, even if after such a long
wait.The measures set out by the government in the Building Safety Bill shouldmeanthat building owners have nowhere to hide if
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they break the rules. But if that is tomeananything for residents and workers in potentially unsafe buildings then the government has got to stump up for
it.The HSE has a great track record, but if they are to live up to the expectations of this bill then they must be properly
resourced.The reality is that over the last decade funding has halved, and staff numbers cut by a third.” Hewent on to say: “Alongside establishing a sound financial basis for thenewbuilding safety regulator,we must see local authorities given the resources they need to inspect and enforce regulations. Enforcement must be able to make its presence felt – as I have said before, local authorities need hard cash aswell as teeth.”
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