HC Deb 10 May 1971 vol 817 c17W
Mr. Hugh Jenkins

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what investigations he has made of the effects of aircraft noise on the health of the community living under the glidepath to London Airport (Heathrow).

Mr. Anthony Grant

No country has yet carried out the sort of long-term study which, in the absence of any conclusive evidence so far, would alone show if aircraft noise affected health. I am considering a proposal for such a study which the International Civil Aviation Organisation has recommended.