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Fly-tipping

Commons · Question 45249 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support people affected by fly-tipping required to clear waste on private land at their own expense.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 23 Apr 2025

We recognise the burden that clearing fly-tipped waste places on landowners. We want to reduce incidents in the first place so that fewer landowners are affected. Local authorities have a range of enforcement powers to tackle fly-tipping and we want to se...