HC Deb 25 May 1989 vol 153 cc675-6W
Mr. Wolfson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give consideration to providing a code of practice to local authorities on the action to be taken with regard to noise nuisance in order to establish a common standard for each action.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The Secretary of State has approved a number of codes of practice on noise from various different sources which are designed to help local authorities to take a reasonably consistent approach to similar problems, while retaining the flexibility necessary to deal with local problems in a realistic way.