Following the inquiry lead by Sir Arthur Pugsley the government agreed a dual standard with all new system-built flats having to resist explosions of 34 kN/m2, but existing ones having to be strengthened to withstand a loading of only 17 kN/m2. As this latter pressure loading is below that in the Ronan Point disaster what other measure was taken, with other 1960s multi-storey blocks of flats, to prevent a similar failure from happening again? What might a present owner of one of these flats do that could compromise this other essential safety measure, first enforced in the early 1970s (F)? 3

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