§ Mr. Longdenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what advice the Building Regulations Advisory Committee has tendered to his Department; and in particular what advice it has given him on the Building (5th Amendment) Regulations, 1970.
§ Mr. AmeryIn the past year the Committee has advised principally on a group of proposals for amending the Building Regulations, 1965, and on the metrication of the regulations. The Building (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 1970, were made in the form recommended by the Committee, and the Committee recently advised that they should not at this stage be amended. The Committee also welcomed the issue to local local authorities of Circular 11/71 which referred to a document of advice issued by the Institution of Structural Engineers on the design of multi-storey buildings having a fully-framed structure in concrete or steel.