§ 72. Mr. Iremongerasked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to carry out test flights of helicopters over central London to establish the effect of noise on schools, hospitals and private residential areas.
§ Mr. MasonNone. The report of the Wilson Committee published in July 1963 (Cmnd. 2056) provides very full information about the assessment and effects of the noise of aircraft using Heathrow. I do not believe, therefore, that the deliberate exposure of central London to the nuisance of helicopter noise would be justified.