Domestic energy assessors a criminals play ground?

18TH July house of Lords.
The noble Baroness said : Will the Criminal Records Bureau checks for those trained to be domestic inspectors be as stringent as those for home inspectors?

It is reported today in the press that domestic energy inspectors will not be checked for previous convictions. If that is the case, it will be a disaster.

First, on security checks, we have been told that domestic energy surveyors will not have to undergo as rigorous a criminal check as inspectors carrying out home condition reports. Can she confirm that and perhaps explain why different standards apply?

The DEA checks will mean that anyone acting as an assessor will be a fit and proper person to practice. They will be CRB-checked at a basic level—all offences of 2.5 years or more, spent and unspent, any offence within the last five years and any habitual offending will be recorded