After Clause 2 - Prohibition on passing remediation costs on to leaseholders and tenants

Fire Safety Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:36 pm on 24 February 2021.

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  • Division number 234
    A majority of MPs voted to allow the owners of buildings containing two or more sets of domestic premises to pass on the costs of legally required fire safety improvements to leaseholders and tenants.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 4.—(Kit Malthouse.)

Division number 234 Fire Safety Bill — After Clause 2 — Prohibition on Passing Remediation Costs on to Leaseholders and Tenants

A majority of MPs voted to allow the owners of buildings containing two or more sets of domestic premises to pass on the costs of legally required fire safety improvements to leaseholders and tenants.

Aye: 340 MPs

No: 225 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 81 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 340, Noes 225.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 4 disagreed to.

The list of Members currently certified as eligible for a proxy vote, and of the Members nominated as their proxy, is published at the end of today’s debates.

Lords amendment 5 agreed to.

Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83H), That a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to their amendments 2, 3 and 4;

That Kit Malthouse, Tom Pursglove, Scott Mann and Sir Alan Campbell be members of the Committee;

That Kit Malthouse be the Chair of the Committee;

That three be the quorum of the Committee.

That the Committee do withdraw immediately.—(James Morris.)

Question agreed to.

Committee to withdraw immediately; reasons to be reported and communicated to the Lords.