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HANSARDFire Safety Bill (Second sitting)As the Minister said, we recently passed the three-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. I just want to mention the letter that we will all have received from Grenfell…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (Second sitting)I thank the Minister for his response. He was basically saying that amendment 2 is unnecessary, which I would challenge, because the fire service has asked for the definition and…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (Second sitting)The new clause does what the Government say will come later: it puts on the face of the Bill the recommendations made in the Grenfell Tower inquiry phase 1 report. At the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Wrack, do you think that we understand the scale of the problem that we face? According to the figures that came out this week, an extraordinarily high proportion—I think it…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Wrack, could you just give us your view on the current system of fire risk assessors and how that needs to be changed? Labour and the Liberal Democrats have tabled amendments…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (First sitting)The insurance issue—if you take a risk-based approach, what about all the people who do not have the right pieces of paper? Dan Daly: Our role is to be fully engaged with insurers…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Dobson, in my former brief as the shadow housing Minister, I worked a lot with RIBA regarding the excellent work that you have done looking at all these issues post Grenfell.…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (First sitting)Q How do you think the other pieces of legislation that are coming forward sit together? We have the building safety Bill, for example. One of the concerns that have been raised…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (First sitting)Q You mentioned maintaining skills and competencies. Who do we need? What is your view of fire risk assessors, and should we have a system whereby they are accredited in some way?…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for coming today, and thank you for your written evidence. I think that our amendments cover a lot of the points that you are concerned about. I want to jump straight…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (Second sitting)Let me start by saying that the Opposition support the Bill. We are here to be constructive. Although clearly we wish that things had gone faster and that we had been able to do…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Davis, you are a fire engineer and have a master’s degree, so you are enormously well qualified. Can you talk us through your model of what good looks like in fire risk…25 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentWill the Secretary of State give way?24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentWill the Secretary of State give way?24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentWill the Secretary of State give way?24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentI gently remind Conservative Members that in the past 10 years of Tory austerity rough sleeping has seen extraordinary increases. Fewer social homes were built last year than at…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, as I have been trying to get in for a very long time. Does she agree that what is shocking about what we have heard today is that…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks Developmentrose—24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentWill the Secretary of State give way?24 Jun 2020