§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he proposes to take following his recent consultations on the future of the inner London building control system.
§ Mr. StanleyFollowing our consultation in September last year, the Government have decided that the national building regulations should be applied to inner London once they have been rewritten in the form we are proposing under the Housing and Building Control Bill. My Department, in consultation with the GLC and the London Boroughs Association, will therefore be preparing regulations under section 70 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to harmonise building control practice in inner London with that in the rest of England and Wales as soon as possible after the new national regulations have been introduced.
This extension will achieve consistency of building regulations throughout England and Wales with consequent benefits to the house building and construction industries.