Fire Safety Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Lords amendment 2, and Government...

It seems a long time since I spoke on this Bill in Committee in June last year. I am playing a sm...

I am glad that the Minister has confirmed that extra £3.5 billion, bringing the total to £5 billi...

That is the case. I know that my MHCLG ministerial colleagues have been in this place and debated...

Unfortunately, leaseholders in my constituency have been left in the dark after the announcement ...

I understand the hon. Gentleman’s impatience, and it is shared by us all across the House. The sc...

I think we all recognise the frustration exhibited by the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penar...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. As Members who have perhaps been in the House a little longer th...

Does my hon. Friend believe that incorporating these amendments might delay the Bill and mean tha...

I am afraid that that is the fundamental risk we face at the moment. We want to get the Bill on t...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will make a little progress, if I may, just to outline why that is. These amendments, I am afra...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for all the work he did as Housing Minister to resolve this issue...

My hon. Friend speaks with some expertise in this area and has been a constant presence in debate...

It is a pleasure to follow the Policing Minister. I, too, put on record my best wishes to the rig...

I have been asked to speak by my party leader, my right hon. Friend the Member for Lagan Valley (...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I do not think the Government have gone far enou...

Although I understand the point behind the hon. Member’s position—I assume she will vote for Lord...

I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. He is an expert in this area, and I very much respe...

I wholeheartedly agree with the points that my hon. Friend is making. I want to emphasise the imp...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I have had many similar cases in my constituency, with pe...

I think that we all share the same objective across the House. I certainly want the recommendatio...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, and I do not doubt her sincerity or the work that she...

We all share the frustration and want this to be done quickly, but it has to be done right. If it...

I hear what the hon. Member says, but whether we should have a system in law whereby we check tha...

To echo the comment from my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes North (Ben Everitt), it is a...

I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I genuinely struggle to understand why the Governme...

I know for a fact that some of those affected are traditional Conservative voters. I have spoken ...

My hon. Friend is completely right. There is the idea that someone would have a long-term loan wh...

What evidence does the hon. Lady have for that claim? This is a maximum charge per unit per month...

The hon. Member said, “I am not saying it would not affect the value of that property”, and that ...

One of the items that has been brought to my attention is that 57% of flats requiring remediation...

The hon. Member is absolutely right. We heard from a lady this morning that the cost of insurance...

Does the hon. Lady recall that in the Opposition day debate called by the Labour party just a few...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: if there were any problems with these amendments, they co...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for concluding bang on time. As the House knows, this debate is li...

It is a pleasure to be able to speak in this debate. I would also like to send my best wishes to ...

First, may I send my best wishes to the right hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Broken...

We now move to a three-minute limit. I call Royston Smith.

I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I have no ...

I absolutely understand the spirit behind my hon. Friend’s amendment. Will he answer the point th...

What I will do is refer my hon. Friend to two things that he has said. First, he said, “We will c...

I am speaking in support of all the amendments before us that seek to protect leaseholders from h...

This Bill is very important to me and my constituents, and I want to pay tribute to the Grenfell ...

It is shameful that this modest Bill is the Government’s legislative response thus far to Grenfel...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter). This is a horrendous...

Order. We will have to leave it there.

I, too, send my best wishes to the right hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire...

I welcome the Government’s commitment to correct the historic wrongs, and I especially welcome my...

I too send my best wishes to the right hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire)....

I, too, thank the Government for the £5 billion that they have committed to targeting and helping...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. We are in the middle of a bu...

It is with deep sadness, but also with optimism, that I speak today—sadness because I recall only...

I have spoken previously on the nightmare facing residents in the Wicker Riverside complex in my ...

The cladding issue is of great importance to many of my constituents, particularly in Portishead....

Lords amendment 4 is about protecting blameless leaseholders from the extortionate costs of fire ...

I start by sending my very best wishes to my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidc...

I rise to speak in support of Lords amendment 4 and the amendments tabled by those on the Labour ...

I am pleased to make a small, short contribution to this afternoon’s debate and, like so many oth...

May I add my warm words to those of other Members in wishing the Minister for Security, the right...

The comms with Tom Randall are a bit unstable, and we want to be absolutely certain that they are...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker; I was tempted for a moment to think that you were saying that I am ...

The video link appears to be working. I call Tom Randall.

The Fire Safety Bill is a short Bill of seven clauses that amends the Regulatory Reform (Fire Saf...

I welcome the steps the Government are taking to improve fire safety, including through this impo...

Any debate about fire safety should not just be about cladding, nor just about buildings over 18 ...

The tragedy of Grenfell should never have happened, and the lessons we have learned are not ones ...

As has been highlighted, more than £5 billion has been put into remediation. Does my hon. Friend ...

I welcome my hon. Friend’s intervention. He is right. We are operating within a financial envelop...

I support Lords amendment 2, and I hope we will be able to vote on the amendments that Members ha...

This is a short but critical Bill. The Lords amendments, while well-intended, are inappropriate f...

Nearly four years after the terrible Grenfell disaster, it is shameful that people are still livi...

All that many people seek is certainty, an assurance that they will not face unaffordable costs a...

We have talked a lot about taxpayers’ money in this debate, but does my hon. Friend agree that it...

Before coming to this place, I worked as an insurance broker, so I do know a thing or two about t...

I am listening carefully to what my hon. Friend is saying, and he has mentioned the taxpayer seve...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Unfortunately, I think there cannot be a guarantee....

I am speaking in utter frustration, having heard many of the comments so far in the debate today,...

One of the lessons from the Grenfell tragedy was that a number of companies in the construction s...

Thank you, Marco. We lost your video early on, but we could hear you perfectly.

I welcome the Bill but, nearly four years after the Grenfell disaster and despite assurances by t...

The first surgery I ever had as a Member of Parliament was about the issue of cladding. It was wi...

The subject of the debate we are having today—worries about fire safety—has, I am afraid, blighte...

To follow on from the hon. Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter), I cannot believe the Govern...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron). Like many o...

I thank the many Members who contributed to this at times impassioned debate about a matter that ...

The Minister mentions the time that this will take. Whatever money is put forward, it will take f...

Secretary of State—sorry; Mr Deputy Speaker. You never know. My hon. Friend raises, as usual, a c...