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Lord Shipley (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 September 2024

Debate

Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report

Contribution

My Lords, the Minister just mentioned resilience. The Statement itself does not say very much about emergency planning and resilience, yet Sir Martin Moore-Bick says at chapter 113.73 that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea “was not able to provide an effective response to the emergency”, and he therefore recommends that “local authorities train all their employees, including chief executives, to regard resilience as an integral part of their responsibilities”. This is pretty basic. Can the Minister ensure that the Government take steps to enable resilience and emergency planning to be seen as a central duty of local government?

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