Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Consideration Stage
Debate contribution by Mr John Blair on .
- MLA
- Mr John Blair
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 16 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Executive Committee Business
- Heading
- Dilapidation Bill: Consideration Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5624078
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I really appreciate the Member's giving way again. I ask this — again, not to be mischievous but in order for us all to be clear — does the Member accept that central government per se does not have responsibility for dilapidation, that the responsibility lies with the owner and therefore that it is not representative to infer that the Bill will transfer responsibility from central government to local government? Central government is not responsible, and local government will not become responsible, for a property. The responsibility for dilapidation will sit with the owner, as it does currently.
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