Debates between Dawn Butler and Lindsay Hoyle during the 2024 Parliament

Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report

Debate between Dawn Butler and Lindsay Hoyle
Wednesday 4th September 2024

(2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dawn Butler Portrait Dawn Butler (Brent East) (Lab)
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I thank the Prime Minister for his statement today. I recently visited the Grenfell site with Lord Boateng, who is in the Gallery today—

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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We do not mention names.

Dawn Butler Portrait Dawn Butler
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Excuse me, Mr Speaker. Everybody there at Grenfell wants people to be held responsible—those in boots but also those in suits. A lot of money has also gone missing, and some have called for the use of joint enterprise to ensure that everybody is held responsible. Some survivors have written a poetry book, and there is one poem called “So What Simon” by Mary Gardiner. This is just the ending:

“This is not about mercy, grace or kindness.

It’s about justice and honesty and believing we are all born equal and that is how we die.

No amount of wealth can make us differ so much that where we live becomes a rabbit hutch.

Change your minds, you people with power, or give it over and let us flower.”

Does the Prime Minister agree that justice delayed is justice denied?