§ 70. Sir G. Sinclairasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if, in view of the public interest in the forthcoming report of the Roskill Commission and the plans of the British Airports Authority to expand Gatwick Airport, he will now publish the results of the social survey made by the Board of Trade in 1967 of noise in the vicinity of Heathrow Airport.
§ Mr. John DaviesYes. A report on the survey is now in the final drafting stages and I intend publishing it as soon as possible.
§ 94. Sir J. Rodgersasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will consider setting up an inquiry on the lines of the Wilson inquiry of 1961 for Heathrow, on the regular disturbance caused by noise in the Gatwick area if the present extension plans are carried out.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe Wilson Committee envisaged that the lessons of Heathrow could be applied elsewhere through the planning machinery to which the proposed extension is subject.