asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether anything can be done to mitigate the nuisance caused in urban areas by external burglar alarms which are set off either by a mechanical fault or by a false alarm and cannot be silenced for a long time by any lawful means.

Not as the law stands. But the Public Health (Recurring Nuisances) Act 1969, enables a local authority to require steps to be taken to prevent the recurrence of a noise nuisance. I would suggest that anyone who is repeatedly troubled by a false or faulty alarm should bring the matter to the attention of their local public health department.House adjourned at ten minutes before five o'clock.