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INTERNATIONAL NOISE AWARENESS DAY

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1732: tabled on 26 April 2011

Tabled in the 2010-12 session.

This motion has been signed by 15 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House places on record its appreciation of Noisedirect, the independent national noise advice line, in seeking to help people solve everyday noise problems day after day, 52 weeks a year, with no gimmicks, just plain simple professional advice and practical solutions, which help tackle the increasing nuisances and problems caused by unnecessary noise; notes that 27 April 2011 is the 16th International Noise Awareness Day; congratulates Noisedirect for supporting this event which is concerned with the effects of noise on people's health and hearing; and furthernotes that Noisedirect's newly-appointed Noise Tzar Val Weedon MBE, a leading noise campaigner, is calling on the Government to amend regulations and provide further resources to empower ordinary people to achieve effective solutions for peaceful homes.