Karen Buck
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Alok Sharma
I can confirm that the Treasury is looking at all the insurance matters, and the Chancellor recently met the insurance industry.
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab)
Does the Minister know how many of the households from Grenfell have previously been homeless and have experience of the homelessness system? Those who have will know that it is hell. They were living in insecure, bad-quality accommodation and were subjected to frequent moves. In some cases, they have stayed in temporary accommodation for up to a decade. Does the Minister understand that that is the context that feeds the residents’ catastrophic mistrust? He needs to deal with those factors as well as the immediate rehousing.
Alok Sharma
I have already acknowledged that there has been a lack of trust, and Ministers must ensure that we work to restore that trust.