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UKNA responds to DEFRA’s Noise Action Plans and Noise Policy Statement for England |
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UKNA Statement on Noise Action Plans and Noise Policy Statement for England The UK Noise Association is disappointed that there are still no specific proposals to tackle noise coming from the Government. Both the Noise Action Plans and the Noise Policy Statement for England will do nothing in themselves to tackle noise. The current government has ducked its responsibility to come up with an effective noise strategy. It is nearly a decade since a noise strategy was first promised. In 2001, the UK Noise Association noted in its newsletter: “The Government is set to issue its Ambient Noise Strategy for consultation before the end of the year.” Nearly ten years later nothing has emerged. John Stewart, Chair of the UK Noise Association, said, “A Government with little interest in noise has been stringing us along for 10 years. The noise action plans and the noise statement give us little hope that anything will change if Labour wins the General Election.” END |