§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will issue a specified performance standard for sound insulation of party walls and floors in new dwellings.
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§ Mr. John PattenI shall write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department will fund a research project so as to establish comprehensive national statistics of actual noise levels which have caused nuisances.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe Department's planned noise research programme includes development of more extensive and longer-term monitoring of noise, and we will bear the hon. Member's suggestion in mind.