§ 23. Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the noise abatement committee of New York has done much to check transport noise in that city; and if he will take steps to have a similar body appointed here?
Mr. STANLEYI have no information as to the steps taken by this Committee, but I am making inquiries and will then consider whether there is any further action which could usefully be taken.
§ 24. Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the Minister of Transport how many cases of enforcement have taken place during 1932 under the regulations forbidding the use of motor-cycles which are not fitted with silencers?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Douglas Hacking)I have been asked to reply. I regret that I cannot give the information asked for, as the returns made by the police for purposes of the annual return of motoring offences do not distinguish between motor-cycles and other motor vehicles in respect of noise offences.
51. Mr. LO VAT-FRASERasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that, on the adjournment of the Committee on Traffic Noises sine dieabout three years ago, Sir Henry Maybury, the chairman, promised that the Ministry would refer the question of evolving a standard motor-horn, which should be at once effective and less injurious to the health and nerves of the community, to the committee of research; and whether anything has been done with regard to this?
Mr. STANLEYI have been asked to reply. Inquiries were made from the National Physical Laboratory, and the conclusion was reached that further expenditure on experiments directed towards the production of a standard type of motor-horn was not likely to be useful in results.