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Cladding Remediation - Follow-up

Status: Closed Opened: 25 Feb 2021 Closed: 16 May 2022 14 recommendations 2 conclusions 1 report

Following the Secretary of State’s announcement on 10 February of additional funding for cladding remediation, the Committee will take evidence from MHCLG, the UK Cladding Action Group, LGA and others. We will look at how this support will be allocated, and the steps that will be taken to ensure that leaseholders and tenants are protected … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Follow-up HC 1249 29 Apr 2021 16 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
13 Recommendation Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Fo… Deferred

We are concerned by the lack of progress on keeping residents’ building insurance costs reasonable...

We are concerned by the lack of progress on keeping residents’ building insurance costs reasonable during the period when their buildings are being remediated. The Government has been engaging with the insurance industry for months, and all the while leaseholders are seeing their premiums skyrocket—yet another cost they are facing … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government has deferred direct action, stating that the Secretary of State called on the FCA and CMA to review buildings insurance premiums, with recommendations expected in summer 2022, rather than setting a deadline for the industry or committing to intervention.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
14 Recommendation Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Fo… Deferred

The new guidance on EWS1 forms alone is not sufficient to mitigate the short-term and...

The new guidance on EWS1 forms alone is not sufficient to mitigate the short-term and long-term impacts that the underlying uncertainty around building safety is having and will have on the wider housing market. We ask the Government to report back to this Committee with its assessment of the impact … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government acknowledged the recommendation for an assessment of the housing market impact and noted it had already launched a consultation on the building safety levy's impact, stating it is considering feedback and will update in due course, but did not address the request to …
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
8 Mar 2021 Richard Goodman · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, The Lord Greenhalgh · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government View ↗
1 Mar 2021 Dr Dean Buckner · Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, Dr Nigel Glen · Association of Residential Managing Agents, Dr Will Martin · UK Cladding Action Group, Kate Henderson · National Housing Federation, The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE · Local Government Association (LGA) View ↗

Who gave evidence

7 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Dr Dean Buckner · Trustee Leasehold Knowledge Partnership 1
Dr Nigel Glen · CEO Association of Residential Managing Agents 1
Dr Will Martin · Co-Founder UK Cladding Action Group 1
Kate Henderson · CEO National Housing Federation 1
Richard Goodman · Director General, Building Safety, Grenfell and N… Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1
The Lord Greenhalgh · Minister of State for Building Safety and Communi… Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE · Fire and Building Safety Spokesman Local Government Association (LGA) 1

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
20 Apr 2021 — Association of Residential Managing Agents briefing notes on building insurance…
20 Apr 2021 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Building Safety, Fire and Communities to …
19 Mar 2021 To cttee Letter from Lord Porter, LGA Building Safety Spokesperson, to the Chair dated 5…