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HANSARD Building SafetyI pay tribute to the right hon. Lady for the work that she has done. She and I have worked together since the terrible fire that her constituents suffered in Barking. She is right…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyThe levy and the tax that I have announced today and that my right hon Friend the Chancellor and I will be setting out more details on ensure that the industry pays its fair…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyThe hon. Lady raises an extremely important matter. Let me be absolutely clear: the first thing that the Government have done is establish the independent Grenfell inquiry. That…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyWe are working with the insurance sector, which I think now needs to take a more proportionate, risk-based approach. These might be outliers, but some of the examples I have heard…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyThe hon. Lady is wrong; as a matter of fact, we moved swiftly. We set up the Grenfell inquiry, which has heard those shocking allegations. We brought forward the Judith Hackitt…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyI thank my hon. Friend for his support and advice in recent months, and that of all members of the Select Committee. We have received a large number of applications to the fund…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Among the many acts of heroism that we have seen over the past year, the quiet dedication, hard work and compassion shown by all who serve their communities in local government…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyActually, the Government acted decisively in the immediate aftermath of Grenfell Tower. Expert opinion has evolved over time. The first expert advice that the Government received…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyI honestly do not know. The Scottish Government have, as far as I am aware, done nothing with the very significant sum of money that the Chancellor has given them through the…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyI entirely agree with my hon. Friend. We all believe in home ownership. We want to get more people on to the housing ladder, and we know that owning a home is one of the most…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyThe hon. Lady is wrong. Thousands of her constituents will directly benefit from today’s announcement. We have chosen rightly, on the basis of expert advice, to prioritise…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyOn the important second point that my right hon. Friend raises, we have worked with the Department for Education and the Department of Health on buildings in the wider public…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyThe announcement that we have made today and the work that the Chancellor and I have done with each of the major retail banks, which strongly support the intervention, give much…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyWe do not want any leaseholders to be paying for fire safety defects; we want that to be paid for by the building owners, the developers and the builders—the people who did this…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyI am disappointed by the tone of the hon. Lady’s remarks. She has followed this issue closely and has fought for her constituents, and I praise her and recognise her for that hard…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I beg to move, That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2021-22 (HC 1200), which was laid before this House on 4 February, be approved.10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyWe have chosen to focus both the grant scheme and the financing arrangements on cladding. That is for good reason, because the expert advice that we have received from the…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyThe hon. Gentleman, for whom I have great respect, misunderstands the scheme that we have just announced. For buildings of between four and six storeys, where the risk is much…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyI do think this is a fair intervention. It is the largest of its type I think any Government in this country have ever made. It is a balance between the interests of the…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyMy hon. Friend has championed her constituents in this regard, and she and I have discussed the issue in the past. I hope the announcement will provide comfort to some of the…10 Feb 2021