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HANSARDSocial Homes for RentThe noble Lord is always on the money. We need to create places and not just homes on mono-tenured estates. That is why the affordable homes programme is looking to increase the…26 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsI thank my noble friend for her recognition of the hard work it has taken to get to this position. There were nearly 400 responses. All were carefully gone through and responded…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsThere are real concerns based on the previous consultation around practicality—the measures that get mobility-impaired residents out in advance of fire and rescue services, which…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsMy noble friend is right that the concern is ultimately for those buildings where simultaneous evacuation is in place. We are making progress in ACM buildings and high-rises with…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsMy noble friend is right that we need to capture those people who may not present themselves as disabled but who clearly have mobility impairments. That is the purpose of the EEIS…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsI genuinely understand the concerns and frustrations, but we have come forward with what we believe to be a sensible proposal. This is a genuine consultation with a call for…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsHaving evacuation lifts in high rises, as well as more than a single staircase, is the sort of thing we need to capture and make very clear in building regulations. This will…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsObviously we need to provide more affordable housing, which I think is what under- pinned the question. We have invested £11.5 billion as part of the affordable homeless programme…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsNo, I was saying that we have a working group looking at the role that friends, neighbours and other residents may play in supporting the evacuation. That is essentially what I…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsThis is the real issue, which is why I think the noble Baroness raised the importance of evacuation lifts and having means of exiting a building in that very case. We need to…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsIt is quite clear that, while we are not mandating PEEPs in high-rise residential buildings, we are consulting on these EEIS proposals. This does not remove the ability of…25 May 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsMy Lords, the Government have launched a new consultation on proposals to support the fire safety of residents unable to self-evacuate in an emergency. These include a…25 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportI thought this Question might go in all directions, including Stoke. We actually have a department in Wolverhampton and are going to conduct a ministerial board meeting there—but…19 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportOf course, the expenditure is governed by the expenditure review, and I note that this is a nationwide pledge to level up. Record amounts of money are being spent through the…19 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportIt is important that we look at some of these missions in the round. In that question, the right reverend Prelate brought together three specific missions: we have a health…19 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportMy Lords, I do not think the technical annexe is particularly dumbed down—it is pretty complicated stuff. To have a clear sense of direction supported by metrics which are then…19 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportThe Northern Ireland Executive will receive a funding boost of some £1.6 billion per year. These are the highest annual funding settlement increases for devolved Administrations…19 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportThe annual report will use metrics listed in the levelling-up White Paper technical annexe. There are 22 headline metrics for describing the specific disparities and monitoring…19 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportIt is very clear that the levelling-up mission involves levelling up both within and between communities. Of course, it takes into account that there is great disparity within…19 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportAs well as the metrics, within the technical annexe there is a clear plan for how to achieve what is set out in the White Paper. All of that will then be enshrined in law in the…19 May 2022