Building Safety Bill

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Will the Secretary of State give way?

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

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

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

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

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

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

indicated assent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Will the Secretary of State give way?

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

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

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

Will the Secretary of State give way?

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

While strengthenin...

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was clear after the...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

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

Will the Secretary of State give way?

I will not.

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

Will the Secretary of State give way?

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

With the Health and Safety Executive,...

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

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

rose—

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

I think there are some p...

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

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

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—

rose—

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

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

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

Will the Secretary of State give way?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Will the hon. Lady give way?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I call Sir Peter Bottomley.

4.13 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and welcome.

Paragraph 19 of the National Audit Office rep...

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

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

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

The Housing, Commu...

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

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

I call Sir Mike Penning.

4.30 pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

I call Paul Maynard, by video link.

4.42 pm

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

I want to highlight just one ...

I call Meg Hillier.

4.45 pm

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

I must declare an inte...

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

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

Order. I call Joy Morrissey.

4.55 pm

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

I call Matt Rodda.

4.57 pm

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

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

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

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

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

Order. I call Rushanara Ali.

5.12 pm

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

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

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

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

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

I call Debbie Abrahams.

5.26 pm

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

Order.

5.29 pm

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

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

First, I heard the int...

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

5.36 pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I worked in constructio...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“no leaseholder shou...

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

I appreciate the opportunity to speak in this important debate.

Time and again, we have hea...

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

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

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

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

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

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