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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry to hear about that particular case, and I am happy to meet the hon. Member to get the details; absolutely, listed buildings are an important part of our landscape.03 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member makes an important point around safety and RAAC in our public buildings. We are absolutely committed to do all we can, despite the legacy given to us by the…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNew Housing: Access to Health ServicesAgain, I sympathise with the hon. Gentleman. As I have said, this Government are absolutely committed to ensuring that we get that infrastructure and that development is a truly…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNew Housing: Access to Health ServicesI can do better than that: the Housing Minister is going on Thursday.03 Mar 2025HANSARDNew Housing: Access to Health ServicesI sympathise with the hon. Gentleman, which is why this Government have said that infrastructure must come as part of our 1.5 million homes. The Housing Minister will be happy to…03 Mar 2025HANSARDIslamophobia: Definition Working GroupThe Government have established a working group to provide a definition of anti-Muslim hatred/Islamophobia, chaired by the right hon. Dominic Grieve KC. The group will advise the…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNew Housing: Access to Health ServicesThe shadow Minister is absolutely right—it was his Government who did not do enough in this area. We have said that we will strengthen section 106 planning obligations, and we…03 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will also try again. Under the Tories, the number of homes approved on greenfield land increased nearly tenfold since 2009. Labour will be strategic in grey belt release, and we…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNew Housing: Access to Health ServicesAgain, I totally sympathise—I think this is why people have resisted some of these planning applications a lot of the time. That is why our Government are absolutely committed to…03 Mar 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportMy hon. Friend the building safety Minister was in Northern Ireland yesterday. I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman that we should all work together to improve safety. We must…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I too pay tribute to Rod and his colleagues. Not long after my appointment as Secretary of State, there was another fire in the borough…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportAs my hon. Friend has said, this is a devolved matter, but I am happy to work with the Scottish Government. I hope that they have looked at what we are doing in respect of the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportWe have looked at the Civil Contingencies Act and also at the category 1 training, and we have said that we accept what has been said and will take action. We will work with local…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportI agree with what the hon. Gentleman says. The Government are committed to a system-wide reform of the construction product regime, ensuring that we address the significant gaps…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportLet me expand my invitation: I am sure that the safety Minister would be happy to meet the hon. Lady. We will legislate to make it a mandatory requirement that fire risk assessors…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportI echo what the hon. Gentleman says about where all our thoughts and sentiments are today in the Chamber. I spoke about justice being delayed, and it is awful that people still…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportThe hon. Member is absolutely right to raise the oversight mechanism. I think I have addressed some of that and the wider issues, not just in terms of this inquiry, but all the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportI thank my hon. Friend for his comments, and I am certainly happy to look at that recommendation. We accepted in full all the recommendations that the phase 2 report came out…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that, nearly eight years on from the tragedy of Grenfell, it is completely unacceptable that people are still living in unsafe buildings. I…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportI thank the hon. Gentleman for the way in which he articulated that point. I am still dismayed to this day by archaic attitudes towards people in social tenancy. I was a social…26 Feb 2025