Building Safety Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Government amendment (b) to Lords...

I must start with a reminder of where this journey started: 72 people lost their lives in the Gre...

I accept that a lot of what the Minister is saying is correct—that those who are responsible shou...

We continue to review all these matters. We are looking at and consulting on the whole of the aff...

The Chairman of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee—the hon. Member for Sheffield...

The Building Safety Regulator will continue to make sure that all building safety regulations are...

I thank the Minister for what he is saying. He will be aware that I have had significant issues i...

I do not know the specifics, to be really honest with the hon. Gentleman. He will know that I hav...

Has it been possible to trace any foreign companies or foreign interests that are involved in the...

My right hon. Friend raises an important point. I shall address that specific point later in my s...

The Minister has been a breath of fresh air since he has come to the Department, and the discussi...

My hon. Friend has invested a considerable amount of time in his campaign and I have enjoyed the ...

The EWS1 form, which was brought about by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, has cause...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who has also been heavily involved in all this work. Yes, I can ...

I thank the Minister for his generosity in giving way again. What is his advice to leaseholders w...

My door is always open, so if the hon. Gentleman wants to raise specific cases with me I would be...

I am extremely grateful to the Minister for giving way. In respect of the point that he has just ...

The issue is the proportionate measures that can be made in those buildings to ensure that they a...

On that specific point, I am grateful that the Minister has said that he will look at this issue ...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her engagement, too. She raised this important point with me y...

Will the Minister give way?

I will take one more intervention and then I must progress.

I thank the Minister for giving way. He is being very generous, but these are important and quite...

I know that the Department has been considering much of the Select Committee’s excellent work. We...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He has, to some degree, covered the concerns that I...

I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s point. I want to ensure that we get the consultation under way ...

I apologise for not being able to be here since the beginning of the debate as I was at the rally...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right. Freeholders must ensure that their buildings are safe. We will...

My hon. Friend is being very kind with his time. On the point about the building cost thresholds,...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point. He will be aware that we are trying to a...

I welcome the Minister to his position on this very interesting Bill that is going back and forth...

Actually, the responsibility lies with those who built the building defectively in the first plac...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I know he wants to get on. On insurance, which has ...

Yes. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has asked the Financial Conduct Authority to loo...

We are discussing measures that the Government are introducing for England only. I know the Minis...

The hon. Gentleman is right that it would not be appropriate for me to speak on behalf of the Wel...

I call shadow Minister Matthew Pennycook.

This Bill has been a long time in gestation. First published in July 2020, it was subject to exte...

On that point, does my hon. Friend agree that if the Government do not act to safeguard such bloc...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and it has been a consistent position of ours that we ensure ...

I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for the way he introduced the amendments, and I thank the Lab...

It is a pleasure to be able to speak in this debate. I thank the Father of the House, the hon. Me...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, if the Government do not invest in improving social housing, ther...

Absolutely. It is important that the money is available to make sure that all buildings are safe,...

What an awful long way we have come with this Bill. On the previous Bill, the Fire Safety Bill, w...

Like many Members have already done, I begin by acknowledging the progress that the Government ha...

The right hon. Gentleman mentioned the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, which I should have inclu...

I am delighted to echo the Father of the House. The partnership has been brilliant in its analysi...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). I refer the Hou...

Go for the insurers.

I agree with my right hon. Friend, but let us make it clear that it should not be housing associa...

I declare an interest as I am a vice-chair of the Local Government Association. I add my voice to...

It is a great pleasure to be able to speak in this debate. I am very grateful to the Minister and...

In June, it will have been five years since the devastating Grenfell fire. I did voluntary work i...

I refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

I thank t...

May I suggest that it would be a good idea if the Government had a roundtable with the insurers a...

That is an excellent suggestion. The Government have been very successful in talking to developer...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Southampton, Itchen (Royston Smith). I pay tribute...

Like many Members on both sides of the House, I welcomed the Secretary of State’s assurances to P...

I pay tribute to Members from right across the House for their support as this Bill has passed it...

I call the Minister, Stuart Andrew.

Once again, I thank all hon. Members for their contributions. They have raised lots of very serio...

I entirely accept that developers have promised to do what the Minister described, but what happe...

I committed earlier to continuing to work on the whole area of social housing, and I assure the h...

Will the Minister accept an invitation to come to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Commi...

How could I possibly refuse?

I apologise for taking part in a bit of a pincer movement on the Minister. He mentioned the 30-ye...

Yes. I think I am correct in saying that. Yes, I am; I have just double-checked.

Colleagues...

As I understand it, the difficulty is that a claim would need to be made on behalf of leaseholder...

It is always wise for a Minister answering the Father of the House to take his sage advice, and o...

Notwithstanding the Minister’s explanation that the valuation might not meet today’s market value...

I recognise the hon. Lady’s point, and I have committed to coming back to her after we have done ...