Member

I turn to the lead amendment in this group, which has, understandably, attracted the most discussion so far. I appreciate that the Adaptation Committee was critical—it felt that the national adaptation programme, which I signed off on only two years ago, was insufficient; I understand that—but, although I appreciate that, on Report, people cannot come back on things, I want to understand what real difference this amendment would make. I say that because, as the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, just pointed out, only 50% of new build is addressing this situation through building regulations. One of the key features in the summary of NAP3 was that DLUHC, now MHCLG, would get on with the building regulations and other parts of the NPPF to try to eliminate solar ingress; that is, I think, one of the noble Lord’s key concerns.