The effects of artificial light and noise on human health

Science and Technology Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 30 Jan 2023 Closed: 9 May 2024 Parliament page
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is conducting an inquiry into the effects of artificial light and noise on human health. The committee will explore the strength of the evidence for claims made about their effects on human health, the adequacy of the existing policy and regulatory framework … Read more
1 Report
8 Oral sessions
2 Letters
12 Events
Activity timeline 24 events
11 Jul
2023
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
27 Jun
2023
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
23 May
2023
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
16 May
2023
16 May
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
2 May
2023
2 May
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
25 Apr
2023
Oral evidence sessions 8 sessions
Dr Bill Parish · Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Notley · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rebecca Pow · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rhian Thomas · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dr Benjamin Fenech · UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Dr Bill Parish · Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Dr Edward Wynne-Evans · UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Erin Cowburn · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Luke Price · The Centre for Ageing Better Phil Earl · Department for Transport
Emma Marrington · CPRE - The Countryside Charity Lisa Lavia · Noise Abatement Society Mr John Stewart · UK Noise Association Ruskin Hartley · International Dark-Sky Association
Arfon Davies · Arup Colin Ball · Building Design Partnership Ian Ritchie CBE · Ritchie Studio Poppy Szkiler · Quiet Mark Richard Greer · Arup
Allan Howard · Institution of Lighting Professionals Andrew Bissell · Society of Light and Lighting Guy Harding · Institution of Lighting Professionals Mr Stephen Turner · Institute of Acoustics Paul McCullough · Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Peter Rogers · Institute of Acoustics Somayya Yaqub · Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Stuart Morton · Jacobs
Alex Smalley · University of Exeter Dr Alison Greenwood · Dose of Nature Professor Pierre Geoffroy · Université Paris Cité
Dr Christopher Kyba · German Research Center for Geoscience, Potsdam Dr Stuart Peirson · University of Oxford Kenneth Wright · University of Colorado Professor Dr Manuel Spitschan · Technical University of Munich Professor Shantha Rajaratnam · Monash University
Dr Antonio Torija Martinez · University of Salford Professor Anna Hansell · University of Leicester Professor Charlotte Clark · St George’s University of London
Correspondence 2 letters
3 May 2024 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Robbie Moore MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ref artificial light and noise response
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31 Jan 2024 To committee Letter from Baroness Brown of Cambridge to Rt Hon Rebecca Pow MP, Minister for Nature, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, ref artifical light and noise response
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