This Government Bill would make provision about the safety of people in or about buildings and the standard of buildings, to amend the Architects Act 1997, and to amend provision about complaints made to a housing ombudsman.

The Bill completed its passage through the House of Commons on 19 January 2022. It received its first reading in the House of Lords on 20 February 2022. It received its second reading on 2 February 2022. The Committee stage began on 21 February 2022.

For the Bill as brought from the House of Commons, click here.

For the Government response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, click here.

For a House of Commons Library briefing about the Bill, published on 17 January 2022, click here.

For a briefing produced by the Local Government Association, produced on 18 February 2022 and setting out four ‘core asks’, click here.

To follow progress of the Bill, click here.