HC Deb 15 October 1969 vol 788 c110W
Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Minister of Transport if he will modernise, amend and supplement the steps he took under and since the Report of the Committee on the Problem of Noise, Command Paper No. 2056, and the Conference on the Reduction of Noise, H.M.S.O. 1907, so as to reduce the noise made by motor cars and motor cycles on roads in residential areas.

Mr. Bob Brown

The next step towards more effective noise control will be taken in April when all new vehicles built must comply with the noise limits we gave notice of in 1968. We are now discussing with the motor industry a plan for further progressive reductions of noise during the 1970s.