§ Mr. GorstTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has to modify regulations affecting the elegibility for financial assistance towards the cost of insulating residential properties affected by significantly increased levels of noise that have occurred since the prescribed time limit for initial claims expired; and what representations he had had on this subject.
§ Mr. Key[holding answer 16 July 1993]: I have no plans to modify the regulations to admit claims for increased noise outside the present time limits. I and my predecessors have received a number of representations.