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.
Signatures (34)
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.
Benn, Hilary
Labour
Signed on
13 June 2023
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on
14 June 2023
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
14 June 2023
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
14 June 2023
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on
14 June 2023
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
14 June 2023
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
15 June 2023
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
19 June 2023
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
19 June 2023
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
19 June 2023
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
19 June 2023
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
16 June 2023
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
19 June 2023
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 June 2023
Amesbury, Mike
Labour
Signed on
19 June 2023
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on
20 June 2023
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on
20 June 2023
Duffield, Rosie
Labour
Signed on
20 June 2023
Betts, Mr Clive
Labour
Signed on
20 June 2023
Cooper, Daisy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
21 June 2023
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
21 June 2023
Osamor, Kate
Labour
Signed on
22 June 2023
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
26 June 2023
Timms, Sir Stephen
Labour
Signed on
26 June 2023
Blake, Olivia
Labour
Signed on
26 June 2023
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on
27 June 2023
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
10 July 2023
Penning, Sir Mike
Conservative
Signed on
10 July 2023
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
10 July 2023
Wilson, Munira
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
17 July 2023
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on
19 July 2023
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on
4 September 2023
Harman, Ms Harriet
Labour
Signed on
4 September 2023
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
26 October 2023
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.