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Tory Grenfell MP ‘believed vote against fire amendment was in constituency interest’

Victims of the blaze accused Felicity Buchan of “meaningless platitudes” and “abandoning” them after she rejected Labour’s attempt to ensure extra checks on materials used on buildings.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-09-10 14:34
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The MP for the area which includes Grenfell Tower has said she was motivated by “the best interests of her constituents” when she she voted against implementing recommendations made by the first phase of the inquiry into the tragic fire.

Victims of the blaze accused Felicity Buchan of “meaningless platitudes” and “abandoning” them after she rejected Labour’s attempt to ensure extra checks on materials used on buildings.

The Conservative MP for Kensington was one of 318 MPs who turned down the Opposition’s amendment to the Fire Safety Bill in the Commons on Monday.

Our response to @FelicityBuchan today

"This week in the Commons you had a chance to show you stood with our community and you didn’t take it"#Grenfell pic.twitter.com/FLd8dlh5lL

— Grenfell United (@GrenfellUnited) September 9, 2020

In a letter published on Wednesday, victims’ and survivors’ group Grenfell United told Ms Buchan: “This week in the Commons you had a chance to show you stood with our community and you didn’t take it.

Intentions

“Regardless of playing politics, your single vote in favour may not have swayed the final result, but would have really laid down a marker for your intentions in supporting real change, not only for the Grenfell community, but for the whole country.

“Instead you abandoned us.”

I am very focussed on ensuring that Fire & Building Safety Laws are enacted as soon as possible. The reason I voted against the Labour amendment was because it did not speed up the process but risked slowing it by potentially requiring a new consultation on the Fire Safety Order.

— Felicity Buchan MP (@FelicityBuchan) September 9, 2020

On Thursday, Ms Buchan said she had been in touch with the group, and issued a statement which read: “The interests and needs of my constituents, as well as the many others affected by the horror of the Grenfell tragedy, are at the forefront of the work I do in Parliament.

“I was motivated by doing what I believed to be in the best interests of my constituents.”

The MP claimed she voted against the amendment because “there was a very real concern” that passing it could have caused further delay to an ongoing consultation on fire safety laws.

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Fire Safety Bill

The Fire Safety Bill was drafted following the devastating blaze at the west London tower block in 2017 which claimed the lives of 72 people.

People at the Grenfell Memorial Community Mosaic (Victoria Jones/PA)
People at the Grenfell Memorial Community Mosaic (Victoria Jones/PA)

The Grenfell Inquiry’s phase one report, published in October 2019, found that the tower’s cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the “principal” reason for the fire’s rapid spread.

If it had been accepted, the Labour amendment would have required owners or managers of flats to share information with their local fire service about the design and materials of the external walls.

They would also have been required to carry out regular inspections of lifts and individual flat entrance doors, while evacuation and fire safety instructions must be shared with residents of the building.

Related – These are the 307 MPs who voted down fire safety reforms set out in Grenfell inquiry

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