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HANSARDTopical QuestionsGoxhill is lucky to have such an assiduous representative in my hon. Friend. I agree with him that we need to balance the aspiration for new homes for the next generation against…28 Jan 2019HANSARDNew House BuildingAs many Members will know, my mantra is “More, better, faster”, and we are very keen to accelerate the delivery of housing. Across England, house building is at its highest level…28 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Homes for Social RentAs I hope the hon. Lady knows, we have set aside significant resources to help councils achieve their housing aspirations. We will be helping with infrastructure and providing…28 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Homes for Social RentThere are plenty of signs that the Labour party is detaching itself from its historic supporter base, but one of the saddest is its inability to grasp the aspiration of working…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingI want to reiterate what I said yesterday. I agreed with whoever it was who questioned me that it was not appropriate for us to promote a particular product from a particular…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingExactly. Although the hon. Gentleman is right to say that people sleep overnight in hotels, staff members are present in hotels and office buildings. There is always an awake…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise that issue, which the expert panel has obviously considered. I would be happy to write to him with its considerations. In broad terms, it has…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingI am quite happy to intervene, and I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. It should be clear that in December last year, we banned flammable cladding of all types on buildings over…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and Claddingrose—23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingWe went through this yesterday during the urgent question. I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman is seeking to make an issue of it. We have made it very clear that while he is…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and Claddingrose —23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingLet me again correct the record. I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman was absent in December, but he should know that we have banned desktop studies, and restricted them in…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingAs I have said, the Department for Education has conducted an exercise in which buildings have been reviewed and measures have been taken to ensure that those buildings are safe.…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingBuildings that have already been converted and are within scope should have been part of the local authority inspection regime to ensure that they are safe. All buildings…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingWe are not short of time.23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingWhat I said yesterday was that it was very often the case with buildings of the ’60s and ’70s that it was more efficient, and financially easier, to demolish and replace than to…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingI commend the hon. Member for Croydon North (Mr Reed), notwithstanding his partial recitation of Government policy in this area, for recognising the importance of fire safety and…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingI am happy to review the panel, but I have confidence in its members and the advice that they are giving, not least because they are a plurality of voices. The panel does include…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingI am certainly happy to investigate that issue but, as I say, one of the delineations that the expert panel has made in its the consideration of safety is the notion of residence…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingIn all the assessments we make or have made around the ban on combustible cladding, we are guided by the expert panel. It is effectively the expert advisory panel that is setting…23 Jan 2019