Michael Gove says he is confident Awaab's Law will make 'rapid progress' after being voted through in the House of Lords. The Social Housing (Regulation) Bill is due to be signed off by King Charles following a historic day in Westminster yesterday (June 27).
Awaab Ishak's father delivered the petition in his son's name to Number 10 Downing Street before Lords approved the new legislation. More than 177,000 people signed the Manchester Evening News' petition for Awaab's Law on Change.org in memory of the two-year-old boy, who died following prolonged exposure to mould in a Rochdale social flat.
Housing secretary Mr Gove said politicians across the divide were 'moved by Awaab's case' and that there was a 'universal acceptance that change was needed'. "We know that there are far too many homes in the rented sector that are just not in a decent state," he told the M.E.N.
