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HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and I am very conscious of the need for speed. I quite agree. If we look at the behaviour of some of the cladding firms, the behaviour of people…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyThe hon. Lady makes two important points. First, the freeholders, as the ultimate owners of these buildings, will be held responsible for all the work that is required, and we…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI thank my hon. Friend for his fantastic campaigning on this issue. On the first point, which is linked to his second point, the owners, the freeholders and the responsible…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyThere are few people in the House who know as much about fire safety as my right hon. Friend. We will certainly work with him to explore the specific insurance provisions that he…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI very much take my right hon. Friend’s point. We will try to ensure that the legislation deals with the potential perverse incentive to which he alludes.10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI absolutely take the hon. Gentleman’s point, but I think that the legislation we are bringing forward helps to address some of the regulatory failures to which he alludes. I also…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is certainly the case that many already enlightened owners have done just that. But one thing we are saying today is that ultimately…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyAbsolutely. Again, I do not want to over-promise, but I do recognise the need for speed.10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyWe absolutely will. I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the approach that he outlines. Indeed, we want to work with the Labour-Plaid Cymru Administration in Wales in…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy hon. Friend, who has been a consistent campaigner in this area, makes a very good point. Again, I do not want to make a cast-iron commitment at the Dispatch Box on the…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyWe do accept that principle, and we will do everything that we can to round up the wrong ‘uns. I do recognise, none the less, that we are dealing with some individuals who have…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy hon. Friend makes an important point and allows me to place on the record my thanks to my hon. Friends the Members for Southampton, Itchen (Royston Smith) and for Stevenage…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyThe proposals that the hon. Member enjoins on me are the ones that we are seeking to bring forward. However, in fairness to the hon. Member, for whom I have a great deal of…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyThe hon. Lady makes two very important points. We have already changed regulation with regard to flooding, but more could be done. I will ensure that either I or the relevant…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI rely on the right hon. Gentleman’s description of the building, but we will talk to Barratt or whoever is the ultimate owner in order to ensure that they live up to their…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI know that the hon. Gentleman, not least as a former council leader, has considerable experience in this area. He is right that the fire in New York reminds us of the range of…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI will absolutely look at that specific case. I do not want to say any more at this point, but my hon. Friend raises a very important point. One of the things with housing…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. We of course respect the devolution settlement, but he is absolutely right that money generated for building safety should be…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: such people are not responsible for these problems and in many cases they cannot afford the bills. I would not want to give advice…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyThose are very fair points. I have written today to Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive and the other devolved Administrations to outline the approach that we propose to…10 Jan 2022