What plans it has to  introduce legislation to provide protection in the missives for individuals purchasing newly built homes so as to int…

The Housing Improvement Task Force (established by the previous administration to consider issues relating to housing quality in the private sector and the house buying and selling process) recommended that legislation with the purpose of putting minimum safeguards into place for buyers could be considered
- but only if it proved impossible for the various parties to reach agreement. We support voluntary moves towards standard missives for new builds, since that approach holds out most hope of satisfying all parties.
We are currently awaiting the outcome of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) market study into home building in the UK which will hopefully cast light on the extent and seriousness of this problem. I receive little correspondence on the issue. I understand that the report is expected in the autumn. My officials are to meet OFT in April to consider the preliminary results of the study.
There are no plans to legislate in this area.