Government funding for a permanent memorial to the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster has been approved.
The memorial is to be built on the current site of the tower in north Kensington after a new law releasing money for the memorial passed through all key stages of Parliament without opposition.
The Bill for the memorial passed the House of Lords on the nod on Tuesday with survivors, bereaved families and members of the local community leading on its design.
The law is due to to be given Royal Ascent in the coming months.
Architecture firm Freehaus was chosen to design the memorial last year which will remember the 72 people that died in the fire in June 2017.
A final design is expected to be published next year, with the project being managed by the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission.
Speaking in a debate to approve spending on the memorial, former head of the London Fire Brigade Lord Roe said: "The physical memorial that must be laid there on the Lancaster West is for the families, is for those who survived."
Work to dismantle the tower begun late last year and is due to be completed by the end of 2027.
Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission co-chairman, Labour peer Lord Boateng said a law needed to be passed to put those responsible for the fire in court.
He said: “This is an easy Bill to pass. It is passed without opposition. It will not be so easy to pass a Bill that puts in the dock those people who are responsible for this injustice.
“That won’t be so easy to promulgate, and it won’t be so readily passed but it must be passed. If these are to be anything other than empty words, it must be passed.”
Communities minister Baroness Taylor of Stevenage said she supported the police investigation. She added: “Those responsible must be held to account.”
She said: “The fire at Grenfell Tower, which claimed the lives of 72 people, was a profound and available tragedy. Its consequences continue to be felt by bereaved families, survivors, and the local community, and far beyond. Grenfell must never be forgotten.”
Lady Taylor added: “The memorial will honour those who lost their lives, and those whose lives were permanently changed by the tragedy. It will be a place for remembrance, reflection and respect.”
Conservative shadow minister Baroness Scott of Bybrook said: “This is not a political issue. We must work together across the political divides to do the right thing for the Grenfell community.”
