Andy Slaughter
Main Page: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Alok Sharma
It is important to respond to the needs of individual councils and local authorities, and that is precisely what we will do in conversations with them.
Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab)
I say gently to the Minister that the fudge at local level about who is control of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will not work. The local community does not want the usual suspects in charge of the council. Will he say today that there will be no loss of social or affordable housing and that every single unit will be replaced? It is wrong that people on waiting lists are paying the price and will suffer as a consequence of Grenfell.
Alok Sharma
As the hon. Gentleman knows, there has been a change of leadership at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the independent taskforce. As for the housing that people will be put in permanently, it absolutely has to be of very good quality, and that is what we are going to ensure.