Question follow-through · 27850
Buildings: Lead
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with he Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on the inclusion of questions on (a) lead pipes and (b) paint in its vendor liaison checklist.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with he Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on the inclusion of questions on (a) lead pipes and (b) paint in its vendor liaison checklist.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2025
Answer published
Government has regular dialogue with The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and other professional bodies in the built environment to ensure that the services their members provide uphold the highest ethical and technical standards for consum...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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