§ Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what responses he received to his consultation in 1982 on the form and content of new building regulations for England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StanleyWe published consultative proposals on 27 May last year for a major change in the form and content of the building regulations in England and Wales. The response was substantially in favour of our proposals. To carry them further forward, I have today published for further non-statutory consultation an initial draft of a172W complete set of possible new building regulations in the proposed new form of functional requirements together with a sample of associated supporting documents including two specimen approved documents.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the Housing and Building Control Bill, a further statutory consultation on the new regulations would follow the enactment of the legislation.