Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 116055

Litter: Food

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 5 March 2026

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal DemocratSouth Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Voluntary Code of Practice for Food on the Go in reducing litter; and whether she made an assessment of the potential merits of

Answer

Mary Creagh
No assessment has been made of the code of practice. Councils and others have powers to tackle persistent, unreasonable behaviour that is having a negative effect on a community’s quality of life. They can issue Community Protection Notices which can be u...

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