I am grateful to my hon. Friend for all the work he did as Housing Minister to resolve this issue; we met on many occasions to discuss it. Does he agree that this amendment is self-defeating in that it puts the onus for any fire safety work back on the owner, who, given debts or the cost of that work, will simply walk away? These owners have probably paid a few thousand pounds per flat to collect, rightly, ground rent. If we put a debt on them for £40,000 per flat, they will simply walk away, and who will then carry the can for the work?
Fire Safety Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kevin Hollinrake
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 February 2021.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Fire Safety Bill.
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