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Fly-tipping

Commons · Question 68212 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Jas Athwal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle fly-tipping.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 23 Jul 2025

This Government will crack down on fly-tipping by supporting councils to seize and crush more vehicles of fly-tippers, forcing fly-tippers to clean up their mess and bringing in new prison sentences for those transporting waste illegally. We also taking s...