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Grenfell protesters marched on Parliament today amid claims survivors have still not seen “99.5%” of the evidence due before a public inquiry.

Survivors of the tower block fire that killed 72 were joined by MPs, campaigners and film star Michael Sheen.

A 72-second silence was held before tonight's debate in Westminster Hall in memory of the Grenfell Tower victims.

At the peace rally, Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon said: “It’s been quoted to me that 99.5% of the evidence has not been seen by lawyers.”

The Met Police are still reviewing documents as they probe claims of manslaughter and corporate manslaughter.

Theresa May last week made some concessions after a petition demanding the inquiry be heard by a diverse panel alongside chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick was signed by 150,000 people.

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But campaigners are concerned that the panel will only be included in the second phase of the inquiry, after Sir Martin has delivered his initial report.

And there is concern that the lawyers representing the families have not had fair access to evidence and documents to be presented at the inquiry.

Speaking at the rally outside Parliament, Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon said the debate in parliament would still go ahead despite the Prime Minister’s concessions, because “this isn’t a done deal.”

“This isn’t finished yet,” he said. “There’s further questions that need to be answered. For example, the question about phase two and phase one of the inquiry.

"Why is it the case that the panel will only be sitting in regard to phase two of the inquiry?

"And what if there’s going to be an overlap and what if they need to ask questions about phase one?

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“There’s also questions to be asked about the disclosure of documentation and evidence.

"It’s been quoted to me that 99.5% of the evidence has still not been seen by the lawyers representing the survivors and the bereaved families.”

Mr Burgon said he had been given the figure by lawyers representing the families.

Campaigners, survivors, firefighters and supporters were joined by Hollywood actor and activist Michael Sheen at the rally on Parliament Square.

Mr Sheen said he was there to put pressure on the government to ensure the “voices of the residents to be heard and represented in the way they want them to be.”

On the Prime Minister’s concessions, he said: “From what I’ve heard they don’t feel it’s enough. Some of the most vulnerable people are still not housed, and that’s a concern. I think they’re worried about what comes out of the inquiry not being committed to necessarily, and followed through.

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“And I think there are wider issues around social housing. I know that people felt that in the build up to what happened at Grenfell there had been voices telling their stories, saying what they were scared might happen there, and those voices weren’t just ignored, but they were actively tried to stopped.”

As well as ensuring a diverse panel on the inquiry, and ensuring access to evidence for the families, campaigners are calling for the government to commit to enforcing the full recommendations of the probe in full, whatever they are.

And they have called for the government to take immediate action to end delays in survivors being rehomed - and take the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council into special measures if they fail to keep their promises to residents.

Grenfell United spokesman Adel Chaoui said the second half of the petition remained unanswered.

Mr Chaoui, who lost relatives in the blaze, compared flammable cladding to "allowing homes to be wrapped in petro-chemical blankets".

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Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott welcomed the expanded panel but said it was "not enough", adding: "We need to know who they're going to be.

"If they just have puppets on the panel that is not going to help anybody."

Firefighter David Badillo, one of the first on the scene of the blaze on June 14 last year, said: "It shouldn't take bereaved families to have to petition for it. It's something that should've been given as soon as they asked."

Mr Badillo, who ran the London Marathon with colleagues to raise money for children hit by the disaster, added: "All anyone wants is the truth - it's all part of the fight."

Speakers also called for unsafe cladding to be removed from every building in the country and for those still living in hotels to be rehomed.

MPs held a 72-second silence at the beginning of today's debate in Parliament’s Westminster Hall, in memory of the victims of the fire.

Tory MP Paul Scully, who secured the debate and opened the speeches, read the names of all 72 victims who died in the tragedy.

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He said: “It’s important to realise as we start this process, that this needs to be a people led process at every stage. And the reason being that this is real people’s lives that are being affected now, and real people’s lives that are being lost.”

Mr Scully went on to welcome the announcement by Prime Minister Theresa May last week that two new panel members would be appointed, but added:

"Grenfell United feel more may be required to ensure that the panel has the diversity of experience beyond the two."

He went on to point to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry as an "excellent example of how members should be chosen".

He said: "It's important that the Government is open and understanding and responsive at every stage of this process, because it's these three qualities that the community believe have been lacking, certainly in the period leading up to the fire."

He added: "One resident last week described what had happened as a tragedy in three acts, he described it as being ignored in the refurbishment process of the tower, the fire itself and the sense of abandonment at certain times following the fire."