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Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill

The Bill is being introduced 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.

This is a Government bill

The Bill became an Act on 21 June 2024

Introduced: the Bill and its documents

Overview

Some types of wall cladding on the outside of buildings can cause fire safety risks.

This Bill gives Scottish Ministers powers to carry out assessments to find out if the cladding on buildings is safe.  If not, Ministers can then organise repairs.  If necessary, Ministers can also require people to move out of the buildings until the work needed is done.

The Bill applies to only some buildings.  For a building to be assessed under the Bill, the building must have been built or refurbished between 1 June 1992 and 1 June 2022. The building must contain at least one residential unit and be 11 metres or over tall.

Scottish Ministers will need to record cladding assessments and remediation works in a register. This register will include assessment dates, details of any repairs, and when the work finished. This will make information about buildings with cladding repairs more easily available.

The Bill also allows Scottish Ministers to create a responsible developers scheme. This scheme would be created by secondary legislation. It would set conditions for developers to be members of the scheme to encourage remediation works to be undertaken.

Why the Bill was created

 In 2017 there was a fire in Grenfell Tower in London. This highlighted that cladding on some buildings was unsafe. The Scottish Government introduced this Bill to help find and fix unsafe cladding on people’s homes in Scotland.

In 2020, Scottish Ministers established a ministerial working group on cladding. It found that cladding was causing problems for people when trying to buy or sell their homes. The procedure for fixing cladding was also found to be complex.

In 2022, the Scottish Government announced a change in approach. Scottish Ministers would put in place a Cladding Remediation Programme. Similar programmes already exist in the rest of the UK. This Bill helps Scottish Ministers deliver the Programme.

Accompanying Documents

Explanatory Notes (193KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Policy Memorandum (307KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Financial Memorandum (298KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Delegated Powers Memorandum (146KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Statements on legislative competence (109KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Accompanying Documents (print versions)

Explanatory Notes (289KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Policy Memorandum (316KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Financial Memorandum (320KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Delegated Powers Memorandum (234KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Statements on legislative competence (160KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2023

Financial Resolution

The Presiding Officer has decided under Rule 9.12 of Standing Orders that a financial resolution is required for this Bill.

Research on the Bill

The Scottish Parliament's Information Centre (SPICe) prepares impartial research and analysis to assist MSPs in their examination of Bills and other parliamentary business.

Research briefing on the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill


The Bill was introduced on 1 November 2023

Stage 1: general principles

At Stage 1, the Bill is given to a lead committee. This is usually the committee whose remit most closely relates to the subject of the Bill. The lead committee will consider and report on the Bill. Other committees may also examine the Bill and report to the lead committee. Finally, there is a debate and vote by all MSPs on the general principles of the Bill. If the general principles are not agreed to, then the Bill ‘falls’ and can’t become law.

Lead committee examines the Bill

The lead committee for this Bill is the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee.

Call for views (closed)

MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee sought views on the details of the proposals.

For more information or queries regarding the Committee's scrutiny of the Bill, please contact the Clerks to the Committee at [email protected]

Read the call for views

Timetable

The Parliament agreed that consideration of the Bill at Stage 1 be completed by 15 March 2024.

Meetings of the lead committee

Correspondence: lead committee

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill

A letter from the Minister for Housing in response to the Committees report on Stage 1 of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, 8 March 2024

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill 9 November

A letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business, 9 November 2023

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill

A letter from the Minister for Housing, 2 November 2023

Stage 1 report by the lead committee

The Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee published its report on 29 February 2024.

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report

The Committee received the following response to its report:

Letter from the Minister for Housing

Work by other committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee


Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting

Report

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee published its report on 10 January 2024.

Read the report

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee Correspondence

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill

Letter from the Minister for Housing to the Convener, 2 November 2023


Stage 1 Debate and decision

A Stage 1 debate took place on 12 March 2024 to consider and decide on the general principles of the Bill.

  • Motion title: Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill
  • Text of motion: That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill.
  • Submitted by: Paul McLennan
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 March 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-12450
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 12 March 2024

See further details of the motion


  • Motion title: Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution
  • Text of motion: That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, agrees to— (a) any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3A of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act, and (b) any charge or payment in relation to which Rule 9.12.4 of the Parliament’s Standing Orders applies arising in consequence of the Act.
  • Submitted by: Shona Robison
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-12440
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 12 March 2024

See further details of the motion


Parliament agreed the general principles of the Bill

The Bill ended Stage 1 on 12 March 2024

Stage 2: changes to the Bill

At Stage 2, MSPs can propose changes to a Bill. These are called 'amendments'. Any MSP can suggest amendments but only members of the Stage 2 committee can decide on them. 

Meeting on amendments

Documents with the amendments considered at the meeting on 23 April 2024.

Marshalled List of Amendments for Stage 2 (515KB, pdf) posted 18 April 2024

Groupings of Amendments for Stage 2 (572KB, pdf) posted 18 April 2024

Revised Documents (print versions)

Revised Explanatory Notes (367KB, pdf) posted 08 May 2024

Supplementary Financial Memorandum (184KB, pdf) posted 03 May 2024

Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum (204KB, pdf) posted 03 May 2024

After stage 2

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting on 14 May 2024

Report published on 14 May 2024

The Bill ended Stage 2 on 23 April 2024

Stage 3: final changes and vote

At Stage 3, MSPs can propose further amendments (changes) to the Bill. These are debated and decided on in the Debating Chamber. At this stage, all MSPs can vote on them.  There is then a debate on whether to pass the Bill. If the Bill is not passed, it ‘falls’ and can't become law. 

Debate on proposed amendments

Documents with the amendments considered at the meeting on 14 May 2024.

Marshalled List of Amendments for Stage 3 (475KB, pdf) posted 08 May 2024

Timed Groupings of Amendments for Stage 3 (321KB, pdf) posted 13 May 2024

Final debate on the Bill

Once MSPs have decided on the amendments, they debate whether to pass the Bill.

  • Motion title: Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill
  • Text of motion: That the Parliament agrees that the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill be passed.
  • Submitted by: Paul McLennan
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-13190
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Result 116 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Passed

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  • Motion title: Stage 3 Timetable
  • Text of motion: That the Parliament agrees that, during stage 3 of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, debate on groups of amendments shall, subject to Rule 9.8.4A, be brought to a conclusion by the time limits indicated, those time limits being calculated from when the stage begins and excluding any periods when other business is under consideration or when a meeting of the Parliament is suspended (other than a suspension following the first division in the stage being called) or otherwise not in progress: Groups 1 to 3: 40 minutes Groups 4 to 6: 1 hour 10 minutes Groups 7 to 9: 1 hour 50 minutes.
  • Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-13203
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 14 May 2024

See further details of the motion


Parliament decided to pass the Bill

Final version of the Bill

Printing changes

Printing changes are changes to the text of a Bill for which amendments are not required. It will not change the legal effect of the Bill.

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill printing changes after the Bill as passed (88KB, pdf) posted 30 September 2024

The Bill ended Stage 3 on 14 May 2024

Bill becomes an Act

The Bill was passed on 14 May 2024 and became an Act on 21 June 2024.

Read the Act

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024