Ministers unveil scheme for fire defects in medium and high-rise residential buildings across Wales.
tragedy in west London, in which 72 people died, a number of apartments blocks in Wales were found to have fire safety defects.
She confirmed that major developers had agreed to sign a legally binding pact that commits them to carry out fire safety works on medium and high-rise buildings across Wales. These loans would be repayable over five years and the buildings need to be 11 metres or more in height.Welsh Conservative climate change spokeswoman, Janet Finch-Saunders, raised concerns about developers who said they intended to sign the agreement but had not yet done so.
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