Grenfell Tower

John Howell Excerpts

Thursday 22nd June 2017 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising an issue that has not been raised with me before. I will look at the Localism Act. I think that there are reasons why that period of time was put into the Act. She is right that the issue of the response of the tenant management organisation has been raised, and that it needs to be looked at by the inquiry as it looks into the reasons for the fire.

[John Howell (Henley) (Con)]

Will the results of the individual examinations to which the Prime Minister referred be produced as they become available, or will they all be subjected to the public examination? If the former, may we have a timetable for that?

[The Prime Minister]

I assume that my hon. Friend is talking about the tests on the cladding—

[John Howell]

indicated assent.

[The Prime Minister]

As regards the tests on the cladding, as soon as the results are available—the test can be done within hours of the samples being received—the local authorities, housing associations or private landlords will be informed of them.