Mr. Joe Kennedy:

I have a brief issue with the concerns we have raised about potential safety problems. In brand new buildings, designed from scratch, there is a growing problem with indoor air quality and mould growth. It arises from competing intentions of different parts of building regulations, particularly the near zero energy building, NZEB, standard, which gives us highly-insulated, airtight buildings. The ventilation regimes are difficult to impose on residents and occupants. It is the fastest growing area of legal action in France and the UK at present. It is even more challenging when one is converting a 1920 two-storey shop. We are not saying that this cannot be done safely but that there are big challenges in ensuring the safety of the most important stakeholder in all of those, which is the person who will live in those buildings.