HC Deb 19 January 1990 vol 165 cc463-4W
Mr. Flannery

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions, improvement notices, or prohibition notices relating to the control of noise at work in the years 1981 to 1989 have been initiated by the railway inspectorate; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Nicholls

I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to him on 26 October 1989 at columns597–99.

Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what measures are being taken to monitor the application of the Noise at Work Regulations 1989 in respect of recording studios; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Nicholls

Inspectors of the Health and Safety Executive enforce compliance with the Noise at Work Regulations in the course of preventive inspection visits to recording studios.