HC Deb 29 October 1990 vol 178 c414W
Mr. Sayeed

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how he intends to ensure that the emission of smoke and noise on defence property that might cause a public nuisance will be kept to the minimum necessary to protect the national interest.

Mr. Tredinnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how he intends to ensure that the emission of smoke and noise on defence property that might cause a public nuisance will be kept to the minimum necessary to protect the national interest.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

The policy of my Department is to act at all times in an environmentally responsible manner. However, essential activities, such as military training and research, unavoidably result in the emission of smoke and noise, in consequence of which an amendment has been made to the Environmental Protection Bill to exempt such nuisances which occur on defence premises. It is intended that the nuisance caused by smoke and noise will be kept to a minimum and I have placed in the Library a policy statement to this effect which is being circulated within the Department and to visiting forces.

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