I have to say, with all due respect to the Minister, that I find that comment rather complacent. It is all well and good to say that this cladding cannot be taken down overnight, but it is 19 months since Grenfell Tower went up in flames, it is 10 years since Lakanal House went up in flames, and it is eight years since the coroner told the Government that there needed to be a ban on this kind of cladding—that is not overnight. The Government have not acted with anything like the requisite speed, given the scale of threat to human life. It is completely unacceptable.
Fire Safety and Cladding
Proceeding contribution from
Steve Reed
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 January 2019.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Fire Safety and Cladding.
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