Question follow-through · 102142
Building Safety Regulator
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Building Safety Regulator.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Building Safety Regulator.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has a range of duties, including facilitating safety in higher-risk buildings (HRBs), keeping the safety and standards of all buildings under review and facilitating improvement in competence across industry.The introdu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Recreation Spaces: Staffordshire
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Ethnic Groups: Iran
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to the Iranian community in the United Kingdom.
Voting Rights: Commonwealth
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Voting Behaviour
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Voting Rights: Republic of Ireland
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