Building Safety Debate
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Florence Eshalomi
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Building Safety
Florence Eshalomi Excerpts(2 years, 11 months ago)
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Michael Gove
My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is certainly the case that many already enlightened owners have done just that. But one thing we are saying today is that ultimately we will ensure in law that it is the ultimate owner of the building that is responsible for that work, so the incentive is to move now for fear of consequences later.
Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall) (Lab/Co-op)
It is good to see the Secretary of State acknowledge the unjust treatment of buildings under 18 metres in particular. However, it appears that what he has outlined will involve a voluntary contribution from developers, which may take a while. The leaseholders in my Vauxhall constituency do not have a while to wait. They are fed up of waiting. It has been four and a half years. They want solutions now. So will he confirm that he absolutely understands the urgency that leaseholders want to see and call on those developers to take action now?
Michael Gove
Absolutely. Again, I do not want to over-promise, but I do recognise the need for speed.