FLY-TIPPING

Early day motion 292, tabled 19 November 2007 by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative). Signed by 57 members.

That this House welcomes the publication of the Countryside Alliance's report on fly-tipping, Time for Action; notes that there were 2.5 million incidents of fly-tipping last year at a cost of £150 million to taxpayers; further notes that this equates to a new incident every 12 seconds at a cost of £72 a minute; urges the Government to consider carefully the report's recommendations to improve access to civic amenity sites, provide better advice for households, landowners and the travelling community and to review business and trade practices, current legislation and enforcement practices to seek to reduce the number of fly-tipping incidents and the financial burden to taxpayers; and calls upon the Government to work with groups such as the Countryside Alliance and other stakeholder members of the National Fly-tipping Prevention Group to step up the campaign against fly-tipping.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, Conservative 18, Liberal Democrat 10, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1.