Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

What steps she has taken to help tackle littering.

Tabled: 5 November 2025Answered: 13 November 2025

Asked by

Catherine Atkinson

LabourDerby North

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mary Creagh)

The Government will clean up Britain and end the throwaway society. That is why we banned the sale of single-use vapes earlier this year and why our forthcoming deposit return scheme will drastically reduce the littering of single-use cans and bottles. We are also supporting councils by bringing forward new guidance, including on enforcement on littering and fly-tipping.