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HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI pay tribute to my hon. Friend who is a long-standing campaigner on this issue. Next month we will publish the final result of the testing process that my Department has been…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI had better make some progress, but I will return to my hon. Friend in a moment. The Bill we will bring forward later this year will be the first step towards the new regulatory…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI will come on to that point in just a moment, if I may. Sir Martin recommended that the Government produce national guidelines for carrying out the evacuation of high-rise…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportMy right hon. Friend makes a series of extremely important points. Those issues have been brought to the attention of all the emergency services; they are now working through…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportWe are working very closely with the social sector and private owners. I am afraid that, frustratingly, progress has been extremely slow, as my hon. Friend and others across the…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportOf the households who lived in Grenfell tower, 10 are yet to move into permanent accommodation. Of them, one is in hotel accommodation; the others are in high-quality temporary…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportThe hon. Lady makes several important points. Much of the work of the social housing White Paper will apply to private leaseholders, and of course we have a separate stream of…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Reportindicated assent .21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportThe question at the heart of my hon. Friend’s remarks is what the judge will determine in the second phase of the inquiry. What went wrong that led to that cladding being on…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI will certainly make that commitment to the bereaved, to the survivors, and to the community of north Kensington. I have met a number of those groups on a number of occasions…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI did look into that issue when the right hon. Lady raised it after the fire in Barking. I am acutely aware of the number of individuals who do not have household insurance—that…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI cannot give the hon. Lady an exact timetable, but it is worth saying that we have already—I will come on to this in my remarks—made available £600 million for building owners in…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI will come to that issue in a moment. The right hon. Lady and I have worked together on this and she has been a strong advocate for her constituents after the fire in Barking.…21 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding SafetyI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his questions and the tone with which he approaches this task. I think we can find a lot of common cause on this issue. The right…20 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding SafetyI am aware of the issue raised by the hon. Gentleman. As Secretary of State I am a core participant in the inquiry, and I cannot comment on the judge or his panel. Appointments to…20 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding SafetyI have laid out today a very significant series of reforms—not least creating immediately the first regulator for building safety—and I have said that we will continue to work…20 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding SafetyWith respect to the hon. Gentleman, we have to follow procedures so we have consulted, which is the way we proceed on such matters. The consultation is now complete, we have…20 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding SafetyI have already said that we are very happy to engage with colleagues in the Scottish Government, and I will make sure that that happens. The funding that the Health and Safety…20 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding SafetyI will look up the hon. Gentleman’s letter and make sure that a proper response is given to him as soon as possible. However, the premise of Dame Judith’s work, which will be…20 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding SafetyI reassure the hon. Lady that whatever funds are required to ensure that the regulator succeeds will be made available. A very large number of individuals are already working on…20 Jan 2020