Gas Safety in Homes

Documents to download

Building Safety Regulator: Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report

In December 2025, the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee published its report ‘The Building Safety Regulator: Building a better regulator’. The committee found that delays caused by the regulator’s approval processes had delayed or disincentivised refurbishments, safety upgrades and the remediation of dangerous cladding in high-rise buildings. It made recommendations aimed at these addressing the issues. The government accepted the intent of the recommendations and set out information on how it would take them forward.
- Government
- Housing
New towns programme in England: Lords Built Environment Committee reports

The government argues that a next generation of new towns is necessary in England to drive economic growth and tackle housing shortages. The House of Lords Built Environment Committee has published two reports on the government’s new towns programme, calling for strong leadership and dedicated resources to ensure the programme can deliver on its ambitious targets.
- Housing
Social Housing Bill [HL]: HL Bill 2 of 2026–27

The Social Housing Bill [HL] is a government bill intended to support growth in the social housing sector in England and improve the efficiency of the current right to buy system. It also includes provisions intended to protect the victims of domestic abuse.