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Building Safety Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 21 July 2021, in the House of Commons, led by Robert Jenrick. The answering member was Lucy Powell.
Second reading. Agreed to on question. Programme motion relating to proceedings on Committal, in Public Bill Committee, on consideration and third reading and other proceedings. Agreed to on question. Money resolution. Queen's recommendation signified. Agreed to on question. Ways and means resolution. Agreed to on question. Sitting suspended.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

699 cc1015-1083 

Session

2021-22

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1016 (Link to this contribution)

Before I call the Secretary of State to move the Second Reading motion, the House will not be sur...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1016 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

Today marks the next significant st...


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Stephen Doughty | 699 c1016 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Jenrick | 699 cc1016-7 (Link to this contribution)

I will do so in a moment, and I will also give way to my right hon. Friend the Member for North S...

Liam Fox | 699 c1017 (Link to this contribution)

Does my right hon. Friend accept that we have to get away from the term “cladding” as a generic i...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1017 (Link to this contribution)

I could not agree more with my right hon. Friend. That is exactly the approach that we now need t...

Stephen Doughty | 699 c1017 (Link to this contribution)

I note the provisions in the Bill for working with the Welsh Government on the levy, the charges ...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1017 (Link to this contribution)

I understand the important point that the hon. Gentleman raises. That is really a matter to be di...

Lucy Powell | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker—

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

Order. We suddenly have a flurry of activity. Interventions: hold for a moment. Secretary of Stat...

Lucy Powell | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I just wondered if I could get your advice. Is it norm...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that it is in order, and that is the question that the hon. Lady is asking me as the Ch...

Mike Penning | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. All the documents that are relevant to this...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman is not speaking to the Secretary of State; he is speaking to me. I canno...

Stephen Doughty | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have just been out to the Table Office an...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point of order. Would the Secretary of State care to clarify ...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1018 (Link to this contribution)

I would be delighted to, Madam Deputy Speaker. A written ministerial statement will be laid short...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1019 (Link to this contribution)

Order. The Secretary of State has explained that the reason for the specific timing of the laying...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1019 (Link to this contribution)

Very shortly. I am quite sure that we will be able to facilitate Members holding the Secretary of...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1019 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I chose to make the statement directly to the House ...

Chris Stephens | 699 c1019 (Link to this contribution)

The Secretary of State mentioned discussions with the industry. What can he say to companies in t...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1019 (Link to this contribution)

I have been working intensively with those in the insurance sector and it is incumbent on them to...

Jim Shannon | 699 c1020 (Link to this contribution)

I spoke to the Secretary of State beforehand. The charity Electrical Safety First, which promotes...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1020 (Link to this contribution)

I would be happy to speak to the organisation the hon. Member refers to or ensure that my officia...

Hilary Benn | 699 c1020 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1020 (Link to this contribution)

I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman, and then I must make some progress.

Hilary Benn | 699 c1020 (Link to this contribution)

I am extremely grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. He made the point a moment ago ...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1020 (Link to this contribution)

I think the right hon Gentleman makes an important point, and that is one element of the market f...

Karen Buck | 699 c1020 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Jenrick | 699 cc1020-1 (Link to this contribution)

I will make some progress, if I may, but I will return to the hon. Lady.

While strengthenin...

Clive Betts | 699 c1021 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for the kind words he said about the Select Committee’s scrutiny o...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1022 (Link to this contribution)

Those are two important points. I would like to see the new homes ombudsman be able to take the k...

Karen Buck | 699 c1022 (Link to this contribution)

Returning to the issue of waking watch and risk, London now has 900 waking watches, with the numb...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1022 (Link to this contribution)

As I understand it—I stand to be corrected if I have the wrong information—the 900 figure that th...

Peter Bottomley | 699 c1022 (Link to this contribution)

While my right hon. Friend is considering this point about the extension, will he please consider...

Robert Jenrick | 699 cc1022-4 (Link to this contribution)

I will give that further thought and revert to my hon. Friend on it.

It was clear after the...

Margaret Ferrier | 699 c1024 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Jenrick | 699 cc1024-5 (Link to this contribution)

If I may, I will finish this point. I am also conscious of time, as many Members want to contribu...

Meg Hillier | 699 c1025 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1025 (Link to this contribution)

I will not.

I am extremely grateful to those in industry who have already engaged and shown...

Stephen Doughty | 699 c1025 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1025 (Link to this contribution)

I will not because I need to conclude my remarks now.

With the Health and Safety Executive,...

Stephen Doughty | 699 c1025 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I regret to have to raise this matter as a point of or...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 cc1025-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for what I consider to be properly a point of order. The Secretary of ...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1026 (Link to this contribution)

I am still finishing my response to the point of order, Sir Peter.

I think there are some p...

Peter Bottomley | 699 c1026 (Link to this contribution)

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The written statement has the number HCWS22...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1026 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point of order and I reiterate it. I wonder whether the House...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1026 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1026 (Link to this contribution)

I shall come to the hon. Gentleman, but in answer to the question posed by the hon. Member for Ca...

Clive Betts | 699 cc1026-7 (Link to this contribution)

This is a very significant statement, and it is difficult to read it quickly and grasp it, but it...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1027 (Link to this contribution)

The expert advice that I commissioned has concluded that there is no systemic risk to life from p...

Meg Hillier | 699 c1027 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1027 (Link to this contribution)

I will, and then I would like to conclude my remarks.

Meg Hillier | 699 c1027 (Link to this contribution)

On first reading, there are bits of this written ministerial statement that are very welcome, but...

Robert Jenrick | 699 cc1027-9 (Link to this contribution)

I do not agree with the hon. Lady in this regard. In the immediate aftermath of the Grenfell trag...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 699 c1029 (Link to this contribution)

Before I call the shadow Secretary of State, and further to the point of order from the hon. Memb...

Lucy Powell | 699 cc1029-1030 (Link to this contribution)

I do not think the shambles lies with the House authorities. I am afraid the shambles lies with t...

Seema Malhotra | 699 c1030 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that the situation that leaseholders find themselves in compounds their...

Lucy Powell | 699 cc1030-3 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Leaseholders have very little recourse and, from the ann...

Lucy Powell | 699 c1033 (Link to this contribution)

If the hon. Lady knows the answer, I will happily give way.

Joy Morrissey | 699 c1033 (Link to this contribution)

I am not completely positive, but it did say in the statement that the EWS1 form should not be re...

Lucy Powell | 699 c1033 (Link to this contribution)

Well, it is not actually legislation. The hon. Lady is wrong about that. Yes, of course, we would...

Robert Jenrick | 699 c1033 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady seems to misunderstand what an EWS1 form is. An EWS1 form is a product of the lende...

Lucy Powell | 699 c1033 (Link to this contribution)

I am fully aware what an EWS1 form is, thank you. Its scope and its effect came about from the ad...

Clive Betts | 699 c1034 (Link to this contribution)

I keep reading this statement and I am not sure I am any clearer than I was at the beginning. The...

Lucy Powell | 699 c1034 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a good point. Of course, there are also many buildings over 18 metres that d...

Peter Bottomley | 699 c1035 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and welcome.

Paragraph 19 of the National Audit Office rep...

Patricia Gibson | 699 cc1035-7 (Link to this contribution)

I want to come on to the written statement by the Secretary of State, which was delivered with br...

Stephen McPartland | 699 cc1036-8 (Link to this contribution)

Once again, I am here to ask the Secretary of State to provide support to protect leaseholders fr...

Clive Betts | 699 cc1038-9 (Link to this contribution)

Welcome to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is good to see you there.

The Housing, Commu...

Seema Malhotra | 699 c1039 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for all the work he does on his Committee. He made an important point abou...

Clive Betts | 699 c1039 (Link to this contribution)

There are major issues about the independence of building control not just on the highest-rise bu...

Mike Penning | 699 cc1039-1040 (Link to this contribution)

Welcome to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and perhaps I should declare an interest as a former ...

Royston Smith | 699 c1040 (Link to this contribution)

While I understand that the ministerial statement was late in being shown to us, does my right ho...

Mike Penning | 699 cc1040-1 (Link to this contribution)

I agree. There is a lot in it that is good. I did not have a chance to read it while the Secretar...

Matthew Pennycook | 699 cc1041-2 (Link to this contribution)

I very much welcome the fact that this House is acting to address the systemic problems identifie...

Royston Smith | 699 cc1042-3 (Link to this contribution)

For the avoidance of doubt, I refer the House to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Finan...

Karen Buck | 699 c1043 (Link to this contribution)

As others have said, the Bill represents progress in implementing the recommendations of the Hack...

Judith Cummins | 699 c1043 (Link to this contribution)

I call Paul Maynard, by video link.

4.42 pm

Paul Maynard | 699 cc1043-4 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and welcome to the hot seat.

I want to highlight just one ...

Meg Hillier | 699 cc1044-5 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I welcome you to your position.

I must declare an inte...

Matthew Offord | 699 cc1045-6 (Link to this contribution)

There are measures to be welcomed in the Bill, but a great deal more is required. I am pleased th...

Barry Gardiner | 699 cc1046-7 (Link to this contribution)

I am not sure what is worse for leaseholders: the fact that they are in constant fear because the...

Judith Cummins | 699 c1047 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I call Joy Morrissey.

4.55 pm

Joy Morrissey | 699 cc1047-8 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement that the EWS1 forms should not be required for build...

Matt Rodda | 699 cc1048-9 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome you to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to speak in this important de...

Bob Blackman | 699 cc1049-1050 (Link to this contribution)

As a member of the Select Committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government, I had the oppor...

Kieran Mullan | 699 cc1050-1 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the fact that the Bill will give residents and homeowners more rights and make homes th...

Daisy Cooper | 699 c1051 (Link to this contribution)

There are two ways to look at this Bill: we can look at what is in it, and we can look at what is...

Mark Logan | 699 cc1051-2 (Link to this contribution)

The telly has been showing horrific scenes of flooding across the globe recently. What is infuria...

Judith Cummins | 699 c1052 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I call Rushanara Ali.

5.12 pm

Rushanara Ali | 699 cc1052-3 (Link to this contribution)

I begin by paying my respects to all those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster, a...

Hilary Benn | 699 cc1053-4 (Link to this contribution)

Last Saturday, I attended a demonstration at Leeds Dock in which my constituents—leaseholders aff...

Peter Aldous | 699 cc1054-5 (Link to this contribution)

Technically speaking, the issue that I wish to highlight—the need for the more widespread fitting...

Rebecca Long Bailey | 699 c1055 (Link to this contribution)

Sadly, this Bill is deficient in many areas. It focuses on higher-risk buildings, currently defin...

David Amess | 699 cc1055-6 (Link to this contribution)

Since last October, the all-party parliamentary group for fire safety and rescue, which I chair—a...

Debbie Abrahams | 699 cc1056-7 (Link to this contribution)

My warmest congratulations, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think everybody welcomes the new and enhanced...

Felicity Buchan | 699 cc1057-8 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the Bill. It will be very important in transforming our regime of building safety and i...

Alison Thewliss | 699 cc1058-9 (Link to this contribution)

I wish to speak briefly on a few issues that affect my constituents.

First, I heard the int...

Nigel Evans | 699 c1059 (Link to this contribution)

The winding-up speeches will begin at 6.40 pm, with the Minister at 6.50 pm.

5.36 pm

Brendan Clarke-Smith | 699 cc1059-1060 (Link to this contribution)

First, I believe that the Bill is the right measure to deal with the cladding issue, and I fully ...

Justin Madders | 699 cc1060-1 (Link to this contribution)

I first place it on the record that I co-chair the all-party parliamentary group on leasehold and...

Gareth Bacon | 699 c1061 (Link to this contribution)

I rise in support of the Bill, which introduces a number of crucial safeguards for residents whil...

Rachel Hopkins | 699 cc1061-2 (Link to this contribution)

Despite repeated promises to make buildings safe and protect leaseholders, and four years on from...

David Simmonds | 699 cc1062-3 (Link to this contribution)

I very much welcome this Bill, which is an extremely important step towards ending the anxiety th...

Robert Neill | 699 cc1063-4 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Sim...

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 699 cc1064-5 (Link to this contribution)

Since 2018, I have raised the issue of dangerous cladding on at least seven different occasions i...

Marco Longhi | 699 cc1065-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is always a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker.

I worked in constructio...

Geraint Davies | 699 c1066 (Link to this contribution)

Four years on from the Grenfell disaster, hundreds of thousands of people are still in unsafe hom...

Maria Miller | 699 cc1066-7 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the Bill, which requires a fundamental overhaul of our building industry’s attitude tow...

Daniel Zeichner | 699 cc1067-8 (Link to this contribution)

The Bill is both welcome in that we have waited for it for so long and totally unwelcome in that ...

Florence Eshalomi | 699 cc1068-9 (Link to this contribution)

I am pleased to speak in this long-awaited debate on such an important Bill. I put on record how ...

Richard Burgon | 699 cc1069-1070 (Link to this contribution)

Four years on from the Grenfell fire, a fire that killed 72 people and shone a tragic light on th...

Taiwo Owatemi | 699 cc1070-1 (Link to this contribution)

The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire exposed serious failings on fire and building safety, and ...

Fleur Anderson | 699 cc1071-2 (Link to this contribution)

I rise on behalf of every leaseholder in Putney, Roehampton and Southfields who is living in an u...

Paul Blomfield | 699 cc1072-3 (Link to this contribution)

The debate on this Bill is framed by the Prime Minister’s promise that

“no leaseholder shou...

Margaret Ferrier | 699 c1073 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome that the UK Government have accepted all the findings and recommendations of the indepe...

Kim Johnson | 699 cc1073-4 (Link to this contribution)

I appreciate the opportunity to speak in this important debate.

Time and again, we have hea...

John McDonnell | 699 cc1074-5 (Link to this contribution)

In the final minutes of the debate, perhaps I can provide some time for the words of one of my co...

Nigel Evans | 699 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

Because it is almost Christmas, Jim, we are going to give you a bonus minute. Four minutes! I cal...

Jim Shannon | 699 cc1075-7 (Link to this contribution)

You are most kind, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you so much. I will share the time with anyone who wa...

Mike Amesbury | 699 cc1077-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour and a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) as the 54th...

Christopher Pincher | 699 cc1079-1081 (Link to this contribution)

This is the first and I trust the last time that I will have to speak from the virtual Dispatch B...

Nigel Evans | 699 c1082 (Link to this contribution)

I will now suspend the House, and suspension will be followed by a statement by Victoria Atkins o...

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