HC Deb 17 June 1992 vol 209 cc589-90W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy towards the noise insulation of schools in the vicinity of military airports.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 16 June 1992]: The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967–1979 place a duty on education authorities to secure that every part of a school building under their management shall have acoustic conditions and insulation against disturbance by noise appropriate to the use for which the part of the building is designed.

Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what studies he has commissioned into the effects on the teaching of pupils in schools in the vicinity of military airports as a result of aircraft noise.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 16 June 1992: None.

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