Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

2 September 2025

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Committee House of Commons

00:12 - 00:43
Speaker 1
Of formal enforcement in the form of prosecution, where it's clear that the under-resourcing, plus the fact that all falls to local authority building control to do—private sector cannot enforce—the fact that all falls to an under-resourced and not sufficiently well-funded team within local authorities makes it extremely difficult for them to take formal enforcement action. 
00:56 - 01:12
Speaker 2
Terms of what impacts, and this is open to anybody who would want to come in on it.  But what impact would the ability to assess applications on an organization-by-organization basis have on BSR's resources? 
01:18 - 01:42
Speaker 1
I think that's a question better for the regulator themselves to answer because I'm sure they will have done some work to look at that.  I think we've already identified, in answering the previous question, that it would be helpful for everyone to build up a knowledge of how well organizations perform rather than doing everything on a building-by-building basis. 
01:43 - 01:48
Speaker 3
And presumably, that's what the representatives in the industry would prefer as well.  Just echoing what you said previously. 

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