MPs vote down proposal to protect residents from fire safety bills

By Jordan Marshall2021-03-23T14:31:00

House of Commons rejected ‘unworkable’ Lords amendment to the Fire Safety Bill

MPs have rejected a proposal that would protect leaseholders and tenants in England from having to pay for fire safety remediation work.

The move was in response to peers’ attempts to make the government pay for the works and recover the money from developers later.

Ministers said the proposal, which was a House of Lords amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, would lead to delays in making buildings safe.

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