Grenfell Tower and Building Safety

John Bercow Excerpts

Monday 18th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Chris Elmore (Ogmore) (Lab)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Wow! What a difficult choice. I call Jack Dromey.

[Jack Dromey]

Six months on, despite the West Midlands Fire Service recommending the fitting of sprinklers, 10,000 households in 213 tower blocks in Birmingham are awaiting such action. The council has said that it will play its part, but as it is suffering the biggest cuts in local government history, it has looked to the Government to play their part. Nothing has been forthcoming. This cannot go on, so will the Secretary of State agree to meet Birmingham’s MPs and the tenants of tower blocks in Birmingham?