§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Aviation if he is satisfied that the design of Concord fully meets the technical and economic criteria of the International Air Transport Association; if he is satisfied that the Concord can fulfill the objective of the International Air Transport Association that its sideline noise should be less than that being made by subsonic jets; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StonehouseThe Concord is expected to meet fully the I.A.T.A. objective that any supersonic transport aircraft should be a safe, practical and economic air transport. So far as sideline noise is concerned it should not be noisier than present large subsonic jets.