HC Deb 12 February 1958 vol 582 cc59-60W
103. Sir I. Fraser

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will take the necessary action to ensure that motor bicycles manufactured after a date to be agreed shall be as silent as is technically possible.

Mr. Nugent

We are anxious to ensure that all new motor cycles are as silent as is practicable. We have already arranged for tests to be carried out by our officers in collaboration with manufacturers to determine what standards should be set for the upper limit of noise by new motor cycle engines.

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