At the Commons for the Labour presser on the Grenfell Tower phase 1 report, with @emmadentcoad @HackneyAbbott and @KarenLeeMP
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@HackneyAbbott “This inquiry is entirely back to front. They have started pointing the finger of blame at the firefighters, rather than people responsible for the cladding, or Kensington and Chelsea’s role in this all.”Show this thread -
“One of the most difficult injustices to right is when the govt is itself at fault. Look at Windrush, these injustices take years to correct because they won’t accept responsibility.”
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“Grenfell happened under a deregulation and outsourcing of fire safety issues under the current government and previous Labour govt. the govt has not taken steps to prevent a repeat of this tragedy.”
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“There are still tower blocks around the country covered in this dangerous cladding.”
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@KarenLeeMP Echoes that the inquiry is the wrong way round and families should have been given time to read without leaks. “The firefighters did their best in incredibly difficult circumstances”
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“Much of the recommendations are common sense, so why has it taken two years to come out? Many of these recs could have been implemented immediately after the fire.”
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@HackneyAbbott “It’s a diversion to talk about ‘Stay Put’: it was the cladding. The people who commissioned the cladding and failed to regulate fire safety are responsible.”Show this thread -
@emmadentcoad says she’s concerned not just about cladding and insulation but other materials including wood.@KarenLeeMP “There’s also a lot of research on the efficacy of sprinklers: we need to get on and do this. It’s been two years.”Show this thread -
@emmadentcoad “People know how their buildings work, and should be listened to.”Show this thread -
On the election:
@HackneyAbbott “The govt have a week to put through legislation and could do so. But there’s a lot of detailed legislation needed, and a Labour govt would make that our priority, addressing the deregulation that affects safety”Show this thread -
@KarenLeeMP “There was a concern the report would get lost in Brexit/election coverage: that hasn’t happened. And there’s a debate in parliament this afternoon in which me and many others will be shouting about it.”
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