Building Safety Defects Debate
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Baroness Brinton
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(2 years, 3 months ago)
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Earl Howe (Con)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, has indicated her wish to speak and this may be a convenient moment.
Baroness Brinton (LD) [V]
My Lords, while we all hope that the Government will hold developers and industry to account for paying for the remedial work, not just in due course but promptly, will that include and be backdated for waking watch payments that were and are required because of the unsafe cladding and other safety defects and which do not appear to be covered by the Secretary of State’s announcement of £27 million for fire alarms on 27 January?
Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My Lords, I cannot give a guarantee around retrospective application, but through these measures we are ensuring that many hundreds of thousands of leaseholders do not face eye-watering bills. These measures are about ensuring that that does not happen.