Member

The planning and building regulations approval system must and does provide for fire safety to be properly considered when new development is proposed. There can be no doubt that the fire safety arrangements proposed for the Holocaust memorial and learning centre will be subject to proper professional scrutiny, and there is no possibility of development taking place if those arrangements are not approved. It is therefore not necessary to insert additional stages of approval before the scheme can proceed. This amendment would simply cause further delay without contributing in any way to an increase in safety. I therefore ask the noble Baroness not to press Amendment 43.