Ms Yvonne Wylde:

The building regulations are very simple. They are expressed in possibly five lines. As Mr. Balfe says, the technical guidance document gives additional guidance for simple buildings. What Mr. O'Toole talks about is a possible solution. We can still meet the building regulations with innovative materials, not through the Agrément process or by meeting a standard, but it would take some kind of pilot. Competent architects, contractors, building control officers – or building control officers who would be brought to that level of competency – would have to get together. The pilot would involve a team, where they are all coming at it with a view to whether they can get this to work and then learn from it. It is not a question of not complying with the building regulations. That is possible. It is getting through the blockage of people not knowing what is going on here, and so they are afraid to say it is okay. It may not be okay. It is about bringing people together to look closely and see what they are worried about and what needs to be done to address that worry.