§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what legislation, regulations or guidelines exist to limit the impact of(a) aircraft noise, (b) vehicle noise or (c) other noise pollution.
§ Mr. NorrisI will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans he has to introduce regulations to control aircraft noise;
(2) what responses he has received from Northern Ireland-based individuals or organisations in response to the consultation paper "Control of Aircraft Noise".
§ Mr. NorrisThe consultation paper "Control of Aircraft Noise" was published last August. More than 550860W responses have been received including one from Northern Ireland. The responses are being carefully considered and an announcement of conclusions will be made in due course.
The United Kingdom has supported international agreements to phase out of operation older, noisier subsonic civil jet aircraft certificated to "chapter 2" standards. These aircraft will be phased out between 1995 and 2002 and regulations to that effect will be introduced in due course.