High-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled Residents Debate
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Baroness Walmsley
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High-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled Residents
Baroness Walmsley Excerpts(2 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
This 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 recognise that fire and rescue services need to work as fast as possible to respond and contain the fire. Above all, we need to keep all residents in that building safe.
Baroness Walmsley (LD)
Did I understand the Minister to say in a previous answer, that in the absence of PEEPs, in the case of a fire, it could be up to family and friends to get a disabled person out?