Question follow-through · 9527
Noise: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to support local authorities in tackling noise nuisance.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to support local authorities in tackling noise nuisance.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring that noise is managed effectively in order to promote good health and quality of life. The Government considers that the current suite of legislation, which includes the statutory nuisance regime, the Noise Act 1996...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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