The frustration over delays in the building safety approval process must not be used as an excuse to roll back post-Grenfell reforms, according to the MP for Kensington and Bayswater.

Speaking at the Housing Community Summit, Joe Powell, who is also a member of the housing select committee, said he had been disappointed with the attitude of many in the sector pushing back against building safety reform in the wake of the ongoing delays in the approval process.

He said: ”The problem there is about execution and having the building safety regulator (BSR) operates in a way to process decisions in a way that can allow buildings to be approved in the prescribed time frames [is necessary].

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