Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission research into the effects of motorbike related noise on rural and urban communities.

The Department for Transport is well aware of community concerns regarding motorbike noise.

There are already regulations in place, and police have powers to take action to deal with excessive noise from vehicles on public roads and highways. However, we have recently commissioned new research into other enforcement measures and technologies with the potential to combat excessive noise.