Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish a final developer remediation contract giving effect to the principles agreed in the pledge committing developers to remediate fire-safety defects in buildings over 11 metres in England which have played a role in developing or refurbishing in the last 30 years.

The Government published a draft of the developer remediation contract on 13 July 2022 and has since received comments and held discussions on the draft with various parties. We are in advanced negotiations with developers to finalise the contract, which will make the commitments in the developer pledge (published in April) legally binding. We will publish the final form of the contract as soon as possible, at which point developers will be asked to sign the contract. We have made clear that the contract will not deviate from the commitments in the pledge.