Clause 1 - Aerodrome charges: noise and emissions
Civil Aviation Bill
10:45 am
Adam Afriyie (Windsor, Conservative)
The point that I was trying to make—perhaps I did not put it clearly enough—was that it does not matter where in the country someone is, outside the perimeter of an airport, if they have an aircraft coming over at 90 dB, because that will disturb them. I wonder whether a bigger framework is needed, in which it is recognised that even if noise contours are interesting, what matters to each individual is the noise that hits their eardrums. The provisions, even though they give those local powers, do not fulfil the national responsibility to ensure people's peace and quiet in their areas.