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<p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee,
to respond on his behalf.</p><p>The “totem” manual fire safety call points are designed
for highly significant interiors within the Palace, where fixing escape signs and
manual call points to the historic fabric is not acceptable. Following consultation
with Historic England, it was agreed that free standing signage was the best option
in those spaces, to reduce physical impact on the Palace.</p><p>The patinated brass
finish used in the frame was chosen to blend in with the timber joinery and reference
the Victorian brass fittings found throughout the Palace. The colours used for the
signage differ slightly from the British Standards; the colours were chosen to minimise
the visual impact on interiors, whilst remaining legible to direct people in the case
of an emergency.</p>
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