§ 45. Sir ARTHUR MICHAEL SAMUELasked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider asking Parliament for powers to extend the provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, so as to render it illegal to manufacture and sell motor vehicles with inefficient silencers?
§ 49. Rear-Admiral SUETERasked the Minister of Transport what steps are at present taken to prevent the sale and use of motor cycles and sports cars with engines which are only partially silenced; and is he aware that the noise produced by partially silenced engines, although preventable, constitutes annoyance to the general public?
Mr. STANLEYI think that the silencers of some types of motor vehicle might be improved and have already drawn the manufacturers' attention to the matter.
§ Sir A. M. SAMUELWill the Minister ascertain definitely from the manufacturers whether inefficient silencers bring any mechanical advantage to the machinery which will compensate for the 919 intolerable nuisance caused to a whole neighbourhood?