§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what grants have been made to any manufacturers of internal combustion engines for research into production of quieter engines; to whom the results of the research are to be made available; and why such research was not commissioned from a public research organisation.
§ Mr. SpeedNone. My Department is sponsoring a research and development project through its Transport and Road Research Laboratory for commercially viable quiet heavy vehicles. Results will be made available to industry.