Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 February 2017.
Chris Grayling
The Secretary of State for Transport
12:00,
23 February 2017
I fully recognise the effect on local communities of aircraft noise during the night, particularly the health effects associated with sleep disturbance. As my hon. Friend will be aware, we are consulting on future night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, including options that will reduce the amount of noise that airports are allowed to make while ensuring that we maintain the benefits to the economy of night flights on some key routes.