Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 March 2017.
Tania Mathias
Conservative, Twickenham
12:00,
30 March 2017
Planes are currently flying at too low an altitude, which is causing excessive noise pollution over homes and schools in my Constituency. Will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss how the new noise commission will be able to prevent medically unsafe noise levels from aircraft flying over residential areas?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
