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Road Traffic: Noise

Commons · Question 80416 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to help reduce noise pollution caused by traffic.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 20 Oct 2025

The Government takes the impact of excessive noise on health, wellbeing and the natural environment seriously. Strict noise regulations for cars and motorcycles are harmonised at an international level and require vehicles to demonstrate compliance before...