Community activist Charles Spanswick took his fight for a better Bermuda to the House of Assembly yesterday.

He handed two petitions to acting Transport Minister Renee Webb which called for the law to be enforced on noise pollution and for the Hamilton bus terminal to be enclosed.

The businessman handed over the two petitions, which together amounted to more than 1,500 signatures, to Ms Webb outside the House while Parliament was meeting.

He started collecting support for the petitions earlier this year.

One called for action against people who pollute Bermuda with loud noise, particularly drivers who have "boom boxes'' in their cars.

The other campaign was against schoolchildren hanging around the bus terminal in Hamilton, which he claimed intimidated passengers, led to graffiti and caused congestion.

Mr. Spanswick told Ms Webb: "I am concerned about the state of the bus terminal and noise pollution.

"Of course, noise pollution is against the law, but we are asking the Government and the Police to enforce the law. It is affecting tourism.'' And he said boom boxes were to blame.

Mr. Spanswick said: "I have seen tourists falling off their bicycles because of these boom boxes.'' He then claimed many of the problems at the bus terminal were caused by youngsters and said schoolchildren should be banned from going there.

The activist said: "The youth are very violent. I got beaten up myself down there. There is a lot of graffiti, which also affects our tourism industry. I want you to see what takes place down there. It's a disgrace. I want to enclose the bus station, but not so that it costs millions of dollars.'' Ms Webb, who is acting for Transport Minister Ewart Brown who is off the Island, accepted the petitions and promised to hand them to the relevant ministries.