Lord Gardiner of Kimble corrected a written answer on Fly-tipping

27 April 2017 · Lords written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lord Laird (Non-affiliated, Life peer) asked written question HL6817 on 24 April 2017. Lord Gardiner of Kimble answered on 27 April 2017 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Lord Gardiner of Kimble corrected the answer on 27 April 2017. The corrected text adds the figure £400, which the original did not give. Altogether 163 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to reduce the amount of fly tipping in the UK; and when any such proposals will be introduced.

Original and corrected answer

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~~It has not proved possible~~ to ~~respond~~ to ~~this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly~~ with the ~~Member.~~	Fly-tipping is unacceptable whether it occurs on public or private land. Not only does it blight the areas in which it occurs but may also pose a risk to the environment and human health. In May 2016 we gave local councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices of up to £400 for small-scale fly-tipping as an alternative to more costly prosecutions. This built on other action to tackle fly-tipping, including: working with the sentencing Council on its sentencing guideline for environmental offences; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; continuing to chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice for tackling fly-tipping; strengthening the waste Duty of Care by publishing a revised Code of Practice and supporting the industry-led Right Waste Right Place campaign to promote Duty of Care to small businesses.

Original

Corrected

~~It has not proved possible~~ to ~~respond~~ to ~~this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly~~ with the ~~Member.~~

Fly-tipping is unacceptable whether it occurs on public or private land. Not only does it blight the areas in which it occurs but may also pose a risk to the environment and human health.
In May 2016 we gave local councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices of up to £400 for small-scale fly-tipping as an alternative to more costly prosecutions. This built on other action to tackle fly-tipping, including: working with the sentencing Council on its sentencing guideline for environmental offences; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; continuing to chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice for tackling fly-tipping; strengthening the waste Duty of Care by publishing a revised Code of Practice and supporting the industry-led Right Waste Right Place campaign to promote Duty of Care to small businesses.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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