Mr. Pat Montague:

My understanding is that there has to be firestopping in the party walls between apartments. There have to be firestopping materials to stop the spread. They are also supposed to be under the floorboards, in the ceilings, in the external walls, in the walls between the apartments and in the common areas, including the corridors, but also, crucially, in the service shafts. All the service shafts are supposed to have caps at the top and bottom, and around piping and wiring, to stop the spread. That is the problem that is most common. I understand the committee brought the Minister on a tour to a development, and he was shown that you could literally look down the service shaft and see right down into the car park.