Government defeats rebels over Fire Safety Bill

By Joey Gardiner2021-02-25T10:36:00

Backbench attempt to protect leaseholders from costs of fire safety work voted down

The government comfortably defeated attempts by rebel MPs yesterday to force the government to protect leaseholders from any costs related to fire safety work in the blocks in which they live.

The amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, tabled by backbench Conservative MPs Stephen McPartland and Royston Smith, was defeated by 340 votes to 225 yesterday after a House of Commons debate on the legislation.

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