 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck and Alfred Mond, son of the eponymous Ludwig Mond of Brunner-Mond, debated in Parliament the living conditions of residents during the reconstruction; conditions were said to be "gravely prejudicial to the public health" and "not fit for human habitation".It was mooted that the residents should be relocated to a newly built garden city, rather than spending £1.3 M rebuilding the present, dilapidated, area.John Joseph Jones, MP for Silvertown also maintained an interest in the disaster.