Leaseholders and Cladding

Debate between Stella Creasy and Christopher Pincher

Tuesday 24th November 2020 Commons Chamber

[Christopher Pincher]

My right hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for her constituents in Chipping Barnet, and I will do exactly as she advises.

[Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op) [V]]

Hundreds of families in Walthamstow have finally managed to get their foot on the property ladder through shared ownership and now, as a result of this crisis, find themselves in properties that are almost worthless and facing huge bills. Will the Minister reconsider the decision to exclude those bills that were incurred before 11 March, because many of those people have already tried to do the right thing and have incurred huge cost to themselves through the remediation works. Surely we should not penalise those people who have tried to act promptly on this matter.