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HANSARDNew Home Building ProgrammeMy Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord for all he and RoSPA do on home safety. I am aware of the statistics he referred to. The most prevalent way of people losing their lives at…10 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Home Building ProgrammeMy Lords, I thank my noble friend. On her last point, which is certainly a point of common sense, I think that would happen through the disabled facilities grant in that, if…10 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Home Building ProgrammeMy Lords, the document produced by RoSPA on making homes safer through design was worked on with Berkeley Homes, so it is fair to give Berkeley a namecheck for what it does.…10 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Home Building ProgrammeMy Lords, the noble Lord is being uncharacteristically unfair. If he looks at the record of what we have been doing on, say, cladding—10 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Home Building ProgrammeMy Lords, we want to build homes that are safe and secure. The building regulations set requirements to ensure the safety of people using buildings. We are developing a programme…10 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Home Building ProgrammeI agree with the noble Baroness that the information should be freely accessible. Obviously, there is a cost to deploying it and you have to get the balance right, but I certainly…10 Jan 2019HANSARDCombustible CladdingMy Lords, it would be unwise for me to comment on a judiciary-led inquiry. The reasons for the delay are there: it is important that we get this right. Of course we want to…07 Jan 2019HANSARDCombustible CladdingMy Lords, of course it is regrettable that we are in this position; the fire at Grenfell was also totally regrettable. As the figures indicate, we have plans in place for all…07 Jan 2019HANSARDCombustible CladdingMy Lords, the noble Baroness makes a valuable point. I will write to her on its specifics. Suffice it to say that other government departments, of which the Ministry of Defence is…07 Jan 2019HANSARDCombustible CladdingMy Lords, as I indicated, all the buildings have been identified. The 69 buildings I referred to are private ones. The statutory position is that the ultimate responsibility for…07 Jan 2019HANSARDCombustible CladdingMy Lords, my noble friend is right. I did not mean to imply that. I meant to say that the authority for ensuring that this happens rests with local authorities, which can require…07 Jan 2019HANSARDCombustible CladdingMy Lords, 116 social sector buildings have started or completed remediation; 44 buildings in the social sector remain, with plans and commitments in place. In the private sector,…07 Jan 2019HANSARDCombustible CladdingMy Lords, my noble friend is absolutely right. He will be aware that the Secretary of State ensured a ban on combustible ACM cladding, which is being acted on, as I indicated. For…07 Jan 2019