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High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire Risk

Proceeding contribution from Stephen Doughty (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 September 2021. It occurred during Debate on High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire Risk.

As usual, my hon. Friend is making some excellent points, and I totally concur with the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead

and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) about the mental health impact—I have heard similar things from my own constituents. In that regard, I praise the work done by Cardiff Council, particularly Councillor Lynda Thorne, in responding very quickly to the crisis in the council-owned blocks by taking action and carrying out the additional tests necessary to identify the problem; I also praise the Welsh Government for making £10.5 million available for social housing, which has benefited 12 blocks, including some in my constituency. But the problem remains, in that the Welsh Government still do not have clarity from the UK Government on the available funding for consequentials. As a result, they are unable to move forward with the wider building safety and fire safety funds that would operate for other social clients and those in the private sector affected by the same mental health difficulties as those social clients.

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Reference

700 c279WH 

Session

2021-22

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall
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