The Scottish Government introduced the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill to reduce the risk to life from unsafe cladding on people’s homes.

The Bill gives powers to Scottish Ministers to assess and remediate certain types of buildings with unsafe cladding. Scottish Ministers will need to record these assessments and any remediation works completed in a register. Remediate means to take action towards fixing problems.

The Bill also allows Scottish Ministers to create a responsible developers scheme.

CIOB responded to the written call for evidence (accessible below) and was also invited to give oral evidence to the Committee in 30 January 2024. The official report from this evidence session can be accessed here.