Speeches by Gardiner.

“It is much more important that you say it.”

“My apologies: I have to leave at this point, but I really was very impressed with the quality of all your answers to us. It has been really helpful—thank you.”

“Ms Long-Dhonau, how aware are people of the risks that they bear from flooding, and of what they can do in terms of making their property more resilient? Do people really understand the situation that they are sometimes in?”

“May I say how powerful all your testimony has been? We have all felt that. You have communicated brilliantly just how devastating this is, not just on people’s lives but on their mental health. Thank you for all you have said, and our commiserations for all that you have been through. I have recently had a number of fl…”

“Absolutely. I hope that anybody who is watching this has taken note of all the things you have said, because it is a real lesson in what is available and how to combat it. When responding to the Chair, you said that if there was one message that you would like to get across, it was not to cut flood defence budgets. So …”

“You would be able to afford your resilience measures.”

“Ms Long-Dhonau, how aware are people of the risks that they bear from flooding, and of what they can do in terms of making their property more resilient? Do people really understand the situation that they are sometimes in?”

“May I say how powerful all your testimony has been? We have all felt that. You have communicated brilliantly just how devastating this is, not just on people’s lives but on their mental health. Thank you for all you have said, and our commiserations for all that you have been through. I have recently had a number of fl…”

“My apologies: I have to leave at this point, but I really was very impressed with the quality of all your answers to us. It has been really helpful—thank you.”

“It is much more important that you say it.”

“If I get accused of prompting the witness, I will plead not guilty.”

“Dr Lavia, can you outline for us the health impacts of living with excess noise?”

“The written evidence that we have received speaks of the impacts of noise pollution causing noise-induced hearing loss, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep disturbances and stress, as well as what you have termed the annoyance element, the cognitive impairment, the sleep disturbance and the cardiovascular disease…”

“I understand that, but that was not the question that I asked. If you cannot provide the evidence now, perhaps you could write to us. It would be helpful if you could set out for the Committee, perhaps in writing, any studies that have looked specifically at the impact on airport communities versus a control group wher…”

“That is what we need. Thank you. Can you talk us through perhaps the regulations around noise pollution for airports? Are they strong enough? Could they play an additional role in any future airport expansion?”

“If we look at the other mitigations that perhaps could be made rather than those installed on planes and the limits on numbers and times of flights, what else could be done to reduce noise pollution at airports and for those communities?”

“Is it possible that technology such as hybrid or battery-powered planes could play a role in reducing noise pollution?”

“What are you talking about specifically there?”

“Can I turn to our other two witnesses and ask if they have anything that they would like to add on the topic of noise pollution? To what extent can communities be supported and compensated for the impacts that noise pollution is having on them? Does that compensation in any way mitigate the impact on those communities?…”

“Very briefly, and my apologies for running late. If you have covered it, say so. I have two quick questions. The European report said that the growth in aviation would account for the SAF that is now to be included and, therefore, the emissions level would still be the same. That is first question, if you could comment…”