The Building and Construction Minister's confident changes to insulation rules will give builders and designers more flexibility.
Chris Penk's proposed changes to reduce building costs, including examining the whole building instead of individual components.
Penk told Andrew Dickens he believes there's currently too many regulations.
He says when you add up the extra costs, it does become significant.
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