Debate on Thursday, 25 February 2016, in the House of Commons, led by Clive Betts. The answering member was Marcus Jones.

Litter and Fly-tipping: England

Motion that this House has considered the Seventh Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee of Session 2014-15, on Litter and fly-tipping in England, HC 607, and the Government response, Cm 9097. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 606 cc168-195WH
Session: 2015-16
Department: Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Litter and fly-tipping. Communities and Local Government Committee seventh report with formal minutes.
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee, Session 2014–15, on Litter and fly-tipping in England
Friday, 4 December 2015
Command papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Clive Betts | 606 cc168-9WH (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the Seventh Report from the Communities and L...; Kevin Hollinrake | 606 c170WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee on introducing this important debate. He mention...; Clive Betts | 606 c170WH (Link to this contribution)
That is an interesting idea. The Committee misunderstood the position—we do not always get everyt...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 606 c170WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and will commend him and his Committee on the report if I a...; Clive Betts | 606 c171WH (Link to this contribution)
We had a serious look at that and received a lot of evidence. We deliberated and came to a reason...; Kevin Hollinrake | 606 c171WH (Link to this contribution)
Would that also apply to chewing gum manufacturers?; Clive Betts | 606 c171WH (Link to this contribution)
No, it does not, because they are not part of the same declaration, but I will come on to chewing...; Bob Blackman | 606 c171WH (Link to this contribution)
A sticky subject!; Clive Betts | 606 c171WH (Link to this contribution)
I was just about to say it, but the hon. Member for Harrow East got in before me—I was reflecting...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 606 c171WH (Link to this contribution)
A wide group of commercial companies work hard on picking up litter. The hon. Gentleman was kind ...; Clive Betts | 606 cc171-2WH (Link to this contribution)
The Committee did not say that no one should engage, but we placed strong caveats on any engageme...; Kevin Hollinrake | 606 c172WH (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is speaking about tobacco companies, and I mentioned chewing gum, but my hon. ...; Andrew Turner | 606 c172WH (Link to this contribution)
Order. Interventions must be short.; Clive Betts | 606 cc172-5WH (Link to this contribution)
I understand that this is a very long road, Mr Turner.
The Committee did consider that poin...; Bob Blackman | 606 cc175-6WH (Link to this contribution)
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner, I think for the first time. My apolo...; Kevin Hollinrake | 606 c176WH (Link to this contribution)
That far back?; Bob Blackman | 606 c176WH (Link to this contribution)
I have a very good memory. Surely that should not be the case in a Committee Room in the House of...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 606 c176WH (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?; Bob Blackman | 606 c176WH (Link to this contribution)
I thought I might get an intervention on that point.; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 606 c177WH (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend agree that a child who is encouraged to pick up litter in a scheme such as Cl...; Bob Blackman | 606 c177WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for that. Encouraging good habits at a young age is definitely the way for...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 606 c177WH (Link to this contribution)
I am sure the hon. Gentleman agrees that not all fast food outlets operate with the same disregar...; Bob Blackman | 606 c177WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. McDonald’s is clearly a shining example of what...; Kevin Hollinrake | 606 c177WH (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?; Bob Blackman | 606 c177WH (Link to this contribution)
Certainly if it is on the quality of products at McDonald’s.; Kevin Hollinrake | 606 c177WH (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend talks about McDonald’s being a shining example, but its products have a huge amoun...; Bob Blackman | 606 cc177-8WH (Link to this contribution)
Clearly the packaging that McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants use is a matter for them, b...; Clive Betts | 606 c178WH (Link to this contribution)
I did not cover this point in my introduction, but the hon. Gentleman is right. My Committee gave...; Bob Blackman | 606 cc178-9WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman who chairs the Select Committee. We have to press the Government furth...; Clive Betts | 606 c179WH (Link to this contribution)
I understand the problem. It certainly caused a great deal of concern in my constituency when cha...; Bob Blackman | 606 c180WH (Link to this contribution)
That is a clear concern. It depends, of course, on the contract that has been set up between the ...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 606 c180WH (Link to this contribution)
To reinforce the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts), the...; Bob Blackman | 606 cc180-1WH (Link to this contribution)
I recognise the hon. Gentleman’s point. That has happened in a lot of local authorities up and do...; Clive Betts | 606 c181WH (Link to this contribution)
To deter fly-tipping, we said wanted to see powers to impound vehicles engaged in fly-tipping. On...; Bob Blackman | 606 c181WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Chair of the Select Committee again for making that point about a good thing that the...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 606 cc181-2WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to see you presiding over our proceedings this afternoon, Mr Turner, just as it ...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 606 c182WH (Link to this contribution)
One thing that I, for one, would like to see embedded in the national litter strategy is an annua...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 606 cc182-5WH (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady makes a good point. Get Britain Tidy gives more motivation than Keep Britain Tidy, ...; Liz McInnes | 606 cc184-6WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank...; Bob Blackman | 606 c186WH (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Lady comment on the solution that I raised—a tobacco duty escalator? The money woul...; Liz McInnes | 606 cc186-7WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for those comments. The Government’s response says that they will leav...; Marcus Jones | 606 cc187-190WH (Link to this contribution)
It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank the Communities and ...; Clive Betts | 606 c190WH (Link to this contribution)
I was nodding across the room to the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) when the Minister...; Marcus Jones | 606 c190WH (Link to this contribution)
I will only say that there would be an additional cost to end users, who already contribute signi...; Clive Betts | 606 c190WH (Link to this contribution)
I will take the Minister a little further down that road into areas that he probably does not wan...; Marcus Jones | 606 c191WH (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is tempting me down a path that I will certainly not tread, but in a moment, i...; Bob Blackman | 606 c191WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his remarks; I am interjecting on two points. First, the cost to the nat...; Marcus Jones | 606 cc191-2WH (Link to this contribution)
As I have said, these are matters for the Treasury. My hon. Friend has got his point on the recor...; Bob Blackman | 606 c192WH (Link to this contribution)
When the Secretary of State came before the Committee to discuss these issues, we raised the poin...; Marcus Jones | 606 c193WH (Link to this contribution)
That is certainly a consideration that we have made in relation to other services controlled by l...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 606 c193WH (Link to this contribution)
The Minister has covered the vast majority of points that I made. The only one on which I would p...; Marcus Jones | 606 c193WH (Link to this contribution)
We are considering carefully all different environments. Although some people have not been as po...; Clive Betts | 606 cc193-5WH (Link to this contribution)
It has been a good, constructive and generally agreeable debate, in the sense that we agreed on m...
Subjects: Costs Chewing gum Enforcement Fixed penalties Fly-tipping Domestic waste Local government Litter Recycling Waste management Research Tobacco
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Litter and Fly-tipping: England

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