| Heading: |
Litter: Enforcement |
| Question ID: |
1806355 |
| UIN: |
54733 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3997 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
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| Asking Member handle: |
AlecShelbrooke
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@AlecShelbrooke
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help improve the enforcement of littering. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Answer text: |
Local councils are responsible for taking enforcement action against littering. They can prosecute those suspected of littering which could result in a criminal record and a fine of up to £2500. Instead of prosecuting, councils may decide to issue a fixed... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |