HC Deb 11 July 1967 vol 750 cc43-4W
49. Sir Clive Bossom

asked the Minister of Technology if he will take steps to ensure that aircraft making sonic boom tests avoid as for as possible areas of intensive farming and cattle rearing.

Mr. Benn

The current tests are well below the level of intensity likely to cause damage.

53. Mr. Galbraith

asked the Minister of Technology whether tests of sonic bangs will be carried out with the same frequency as is likely to arise from the commercial use of Concord in order to achieve a realistic assessment.

Mr. Benn

Not this July. We have not yet decided what further tests may have to be made.

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