GRAFFITI AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Early day motion 1690, tabled 11 October 2004 by Kerry Pollard (Labour). Signed by 64 members.

That this House recognises the offence caused to local communities by graffiti in their environment; notes the difficulty in removing graffiti without the application of graffiti repellent paint to buildings and street furniture; calls on the Government to give local authorities more powers to insist on anti-graffiti paint being applied to buildings and street furniture owned by private organisations such as telephone companies, bus companies and owners of poster sites; and calls on private organisations to work together with local authorities to ensure that anti-graffiti coatings are applied to public telephone boxes, telephone switching boxes, bus shelters, bus stops and other street furniture.

Signatures by party: Labour 43, Liberal Democrat 8, DUP 4, Labour/Co-operative 4, Conservative 2, UUP 2, Plaid Cymru 1.