Grenfell Rehousing Debate

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Grenfell Rehousing

Kate Green Excerpts
Wednesday 5th July 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I said, Sir Martin Moore-Bick has already met some of the victims and survivors, and we need to allow him to set out the full scope of his inquiry.

Kate Green Portrait Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab)
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As cladding is being removed from high-rise blocks around the country, those blocks are losing the insulation protection that it offers. If that cladding has not been replaced by the time winter comes, it may be a struggle to keep those homes warm and dry. What assessment are Ministers making now of the need to have those buildings properly insulated by the winter, so that people are warm, dry and safe?

Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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As the hon. Lady will know, where the cladding is coming down, new, non-combustible cladding is planned to go up.