The Building Safety Fund

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 21 September 2022.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 1:36, 21 September 2022

Thank you. As a Government, we were very concerned to hear of the recent fire you refer to at Victoria Wharf. I understand it may have been a result of the sun shining through an open balcony door and igniting some loose flakes of wood on a balcony and that led to the fire. I'm very relieved no one was hurt and the fire was put out quickly.

The Minister is continuing to work closely with UK Government colleagues and will be bringing forward the issue that you raise in the very near future. You'll be aware that we have our own Welsh building safety fund, which opened on 30 September last year, and it's good to see those expressions of interest that I referred to in the opening question. I think that's absolutely a starting point for accessing support, and I'm pleased to see that people have really grasped the importance of this.