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Parliament defends silencing Big Ben to protect workers 
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Parliament has defended silencing the chimes of Big Ben for four years to protect workers' hearing during restoration works.

Cabinet minister David Davis described the move as "mad" and newspapers also criticised the decision.

But a UK Parliament spokesman said that "prolonged exposure to the chimes would pose a serious risk to the hearing" of those working on the project.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40937841

This isn’t a mantlepiece clock, those bells can be heard a long way away. It would be idiotic not to silence them while work is carried out. The clock chimes every 15 minutes.

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