Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 74603

Fly-tipping

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent support he has provided to local authorities to help tackle fly-tipping.

Answer

Mary Creagh
We want to see local authorities make good use of their enforcement powers and are taking steps to help them do so. For example, we are currently reviewing their powers to seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers to identify ways in which we help them make...

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