§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what progress he has made in international negotiations towards the phasing out of noisy aircraft including the BAC 1–11 and the B727; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what progress he has made internationally in developing controls over aeroplanes certificated to ICAO's annex 16, volume I, chapter 2 standards; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyInternationally the Government have been actively pursuing their objective, first stated in the 1985 White Paper on airports policy (para 8.5), of securing the phasing out of chapter 2 aeroplanes such as the BAC1–11 and B727. Since aircraft have long operational lives, the replacement of chapter 2 by chapter 3 aircraft will be a long and expensive process, but a start has been made with the decision, supported by the United Kingdom, of the European civil aviation conference that from 1 October 1990 no further chapter 2 aircraft should be added to member states' registers. The issue of the
478WDefence deals with them on analogous basis. Their noise compensation scheme would reflect any change to the statutory provisions.