asked the Secretary of State for Trade, in view of the fact that the hon. Member for Richmond, Surrey has received many complaints about the noise caused by Concorde whilst approaching to land at London Airport, Heathrow, during recent flight tests, if he will now make a statement on the conclusions he has reached regarding the noise nuisance caused by this aircraft following these recent tests.

The recent flights by Concorde at Heathrow were part of the endurance flying programme being carried out this summer. Special arrangements have been made to monitor Concorde's noise on take-off and landing. It would be premature to draw conclusions at this stage on the basis of a few flights and when operating procedures designed to minimise noise are still being worked out, but I will publish the results in due course.