HC Deb 25 July 1967 vol 751 cc293-4
Mr. Hugh Jenkins

This Petition on the subject of aircraft noise is presented on behalf of 4,927 residents in part of Putney, chiefly in the Roehampton area.

Mr. Speaker, with your permission, I will read the Petition and will ask you Sir, if you will require the Clerk of the House to read the Prayer with which it concludes. The Petition reads: To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The Humble Petition of the residents of the area comprising the Parliamentary constituency of Putney

SHOWETH

  1. 1. That the inhabitants of the said area suffer great hardship by reason of the flight overhead of aircraft entering and leaving London (Heathrow) Airport by day and by night.
  2. 2. That such hardships are caused by excessive noise created by such aircraft and by the frequency of flights over the said area.
  3. 3. That by reason of the said noise, many of the said inhabitants suffer in health; conversations are interrupted; public and private meetings, church services, court proceedings and entertainments are disrupted; teaching in schools and colleges is inter- 294 ferred with; sick persons in local hospitals and nursing homes, or at home, are deprived of quiet; radio and television programmes are made in audible; outdoor rest and recreation is disturbed; and sleep for all is, by day, made difficult and, by night frequently broken.
I will now ask the Clerk of the House to read the prayer.

The Clerk of the House read the Prayer, which was as follows: Wherefore, your petitioners pray that

  1. 1. Your Honourable House may take such steps as well reduce the said noise and obviate or lessen the aforesaid hardships.
  2. 2. Such steps may also be taken as will reduce the frequency of flights, by day, over the said area and that, at night, the number of flights be further reduced and prohibited altogether between the hours of midnight and six a.m.
  3. 3. A continuous system of monitoring the noise audible at ground level, in the said area, be established, so that a check may be made on the noise emitted by all aircraft flying over this area when approaching or leaving the said airport, and action be taken in every case in which the noise exceeds the level to be determined.
And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.

To lie upon the Table.

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