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HANSARD Building SafetyThe aim is to do this in the Queen’s Speech.30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyI could not agree more. I will ask Sue Gray, the second permanent secretary at my Department, to be in touch with the Department for Communities this week. I will write to the…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyThe Chairman of the Select Committee makes an important point. I am grateful for his support for the progress we have made. I am well aware of the pressures on the social housing…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyLeaseholders have no better champion in this House than the Father of the House, and we absolutely will proceed along the lines that the Law Commission has outlined. I know that…30 Jan 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyIt is a basic requirement of a modern society that people should feel safe in their own homes. For too many people this has not been the case. It is not the responsibility of…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyI am grateful to the hon. Member. The statement refers specifically to action in England, but we have been working with the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyWith your permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I should like to make a statement that allows me to update the House on the Government’s progress in making buildings safe. It is a basic…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyThe hon. Gentleman makes some very good points. We have found that one particular company— I will not name it at the Dispatch Box at this time but I am more than happy to name it…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyAlthough I never endorse voting against this Government under any circumstances, I nevertheless reflect on the heroism and principle of my right hon. Friend the Member for…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyI very much doubt the freeholders’ appeals to poverty in this case. If the hon. Lady lets me know precisely who the freeholders are, the RSU can make sure we find the truth.30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyMy hon. Friend has been a very effective advocate for those residents and for people in the Cardinal Lofts building. He is absolutely right; sometimes it is necessary to decant…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyI will work with all the devolved Administrations to ensure that we work together on this. I do not know whether Laing O’Rourke has yet signed, but if it does not, it will face…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyMy right hon. Friend makes an important point, and we need to make sure there is a fair valuation so that, as the Father of the House rightly said, those on short-term leases do…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyThat will depend on how quickly this House can agree the passage of the Bill. Given the generous words from the Opposition Front Bench, if we introduce it in the Queen’s Speech,…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and many of the provisions in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill are designed explicitly to aid the entry of new small and…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyWe will do everything we can, and I hope Crest Nicholson will hear clearly exactly the eloquent plea the hon. Lady makes.30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyAbsolutely. I will ask Sue Gray, the second permanent secretary of my Department, to be in touch with the Northern Ireland Executive this week to do just that.30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyThey should do. Again, the right hon. Gentleman homes in on something that is very important, as have a number of other colleagues. Developers are stepping up to the plate and…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyI do not doubt the hon. Gentleman’s passion and commitment on this issue. I trespassed on the House’s patience by speaking for more than 10 minutes, so there were a number of…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyThat is entirely understandable, and once construction companies have signed this contract—and indeed this applies to social landlords too, once they commit to remediation—they…30 Jan 2023