1. The picture that emerges from the testimony of Dr Xerri (legal expert Kurt Xerri) is a classic comedy of errors, with all due respect to William Shakespeare. Jean Paul Sofia died in a site that wasn’t being controlled by any regulatory authority.

2. With all due respect to her competence as an architect… Maria Schembri Grima should never have agreed to become the first chairperson of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). Had she refused, she would have been 100% in line with her profession.

3. Licensed contractors who are found employing people without a skill card should be stopped on the spot. If someone thinks that such recommendations are excessively rigid and draconian, then with all due respect they haven’t yet understood the gravity of the situation which cannot be improved through goodwill alone.

4. If the BCA truly wants to be relevant to people’s lives, then it must truly be close to them, including over the weekend, and not act as though people are harassing it when they request its intervention over suspicions that a contractor is doing as they please.

5. The number of members on BCA and OHSA boards is too high to be truly effective and make a difference. History will judge how effective the current boards were but the important thing is that buildings don’t collapse and that workers don’t die. 

Bonus: Not a damning quote but an interesting observation by the inquiry

6. AI is a new frontier that should be adopted for the sake of more prevention and security at work. When the state properly invests in what is right, its return on investment is guaranteed.

What action should the government take in the wake of this inquiry?