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Fire Safety Remediation in Blocks below 11 metres

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1305: tabled on 13 June 2023

Tabled in the 2022-23 session.

This motion has been signed by 34 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House notes with concern that leaseholders living in blocks below the arbitrary height threshold of 11 metres are facing uncapped costs to fix cladding and other building safety defects, which may lead to repossessions and bankruptcy; believes that these leaseholders are no more to blame for the national building safety crisis than those in taller buildings and deserve the same protection; believes that defective buildings of any height may require remediation if they have life critical safety risks, as serious fire incidents in other low-rise buildings have shown since Grenfell; is aware that Grenfell-style ACM cladding is now prohibited on buildings of all heights but that there is no financial support to remove it from sub-11m buildings; is aware that mortgage lenders may require an EWS1 form for homes to be sellable in sub-11m buildings and insurers may require remediation work as a condition of insurance for such buildings; and calls on the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to hold the responsible parties to account for unsafe buildings of all heights, to extend the duty to pursue alternative cost recovery routes before passing costs to leaseholders to buildings of all heights, and to establish a building safety fund to approve and control essential safety work for sub-11 metre buildings in cases where developers have not taken on the responsibility of doing so.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 15 June 2023
Brighton, Pavilion
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 19 June 2023
Arfon
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 19 June 2023
Ceredigion
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 19 June 2023
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 19 June 2023
Hayes and Harlington
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on 16 June 2023
Bedford
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 19 June 2023
Belfast South
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 June 2023
Glasgow South West
Amesbury, Mike
Labour
Signed on 19 June 2023
Weaver Vale
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 20 June 2023
Worthing West
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on 20 June 2023
Norwich South
Duffield, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 20 June 2023
Canterbury
Betts, Mr Clive
Labour
Signed on 20 June 2023
Sheffield South East
Cooper, Daisy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 21 June 2023
St Albans
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 21 June 2023
Poplar and Limehouse
Osamor, Kate
Labour
Signed on 22 June 2023
Edmonton
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 26 June 2023
York Central
Timms, Sir Stephen
Labour
Signed on 26 June 2023
East Ham
Blake, Olivia
Labour
Signed on 26 June 2023
Sheffield, Hallam
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on 27 June 2023
Knowsley
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on 10 July 2023
Liverpool, Riverside
Penning, Sir Mike
Conservative
Signed on 10 July 2023
Hemel Hempstead
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 10 July 2023
Streatham
Wilson, Munira
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 17 July 2023
Twickenham
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on 19 July 2023
Birkenhead
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on 4 September 2023
Salford and Eccles
Harman, Ms Harriet
Labour
Signed on 4 September 2023
Camberwell and Peckham
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on 26 October 2023
Liverpool, West Derby

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.