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Al Pinkerton MP: speeches

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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  • 15 Sept 2026 · Residential Buildings: Safety Remediation · Hansard source
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    I hope that every right hon. and hon. Member who participated in the debate accepts my thanks for their excellent contributions. I thank the Front-Bench spokespeople and the Minister, who is new to her role. To pick up on one thing, the Minister said—forgive me for paraphrasing; I was writing it down as she spoke—that “no responsible party” in this whole scenario should be able to derogate, or words to that effect, from their obligations. I will leave her with one thought: the risk of PAS 9980 is that it allows those responsible to do exactly that—to be absolved of their responsibility. The defects that were built at the point of construction will be retained because of the new risk-based approach. The responsibility then falls on the purses of our constituents, because they will pay higher insurance costs in perpetuity. I know the Minister is new to her role—

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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 3Communities and local government3Culture, media and sport: 1Culture, media and sport1Defence and foreign affairs: 2Defence and foreign affairs2Economy and business: 5Economy and business5Education and skills: 1Education and skills1Environment and energy: 1Environment and energy1Health and care: 1Health and care1Housing and planning: 4Housing and planning4Immigration and borders: 1Immigration and borders1Justice and policing: 2Justice and policing2Unclassified: 1Unclassified1
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
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Communities and local government3
Culture, media and sport1
Defence and foreign affairs2
Economy and business5
Education and skills1
Environment and energy1
Health and care1
Housing and planning4
Immigration and borders1
Justice and policing2
Unclassified1

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