| Heading: |
Litter |
| Question ID: |
1807487 |
| UIN: |
55920 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5226 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Michelle Welsh
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| Asking Member handle: |
MichelleWelshMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MichelleWelshMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle littering; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging companies to increase (a) customer edu |
| 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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
Litter is a blight on our communities and the environment. Local councils are responsible for keeping streets clear of litter and have been given enforcement powers to help them do so. The Government is targeting some of the most commonly littered items t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |