§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will be bringing forward legislation in the current parliamentary Session further to control industrial noise.
§ Mr. GummerMy right hon. Friend and I are awaiting proposals for legislation on protection of hearing at work from the Health and Safety Commission.
I understand that the commission will shortly be considering what action to take on the proposals contained in its consultative document "Protection of Hearing at Work" in the light both of comments received and of the European Commission's recently published proposal for a council directive covering the same ground.