Lords Building Safety Regulator inquiry hears from building control and safety standard experts

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee continues its inquiry into the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) by hearing from building control and safety standard experts.

The session will run from 10am on Tuesday 2 September and can be followed live or afterwards on Parliament TV or in person in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster.

At 10am, the Committee will hear from:

• Lorna Stimpson,
  Chief Executive, Local Authority Building Control;
  
  
• Darren Ettles,
  Secretary, Association of Building Control Approvers.
  
  

At 11:15am, the Committee will hear from:

• Graham Russell MBE,
  Chief Executive Officer, Office for Product and Safety Standards;
  
  
• Duncan Johnson,
  Deputy Director for Construction Products, Office for Product and Safety Standard.

Members are expected to ask questions on:

• recent reforms to the BSR announced by the Government in June 2025;
  
  
• the impact of delays on the delivery of new high-rise buildings and the maintenance and remediation of existing high-rise buildings caused by the BSR's new regulatory framework;
  
  
• communication, engagement and feedback provided by the BSR;
  
  
• the quality of building control applications by developers, both within and outside of the BSR's remit;
  
  
• efficiencies that can be made to the gateway process without impacting on safety;
  
  
• BSR resources and if it has access to the skilled staff necessary to carry out multidisciplinary assessments of safety;
  
  
• how the BSR's work relates to the regulation of construction products.

The Committee's call for evidence for the inquiry is open until Sunday 31 August 2025 and can be found on the Committee's website.