1 Baroness Lampard debates involving the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tue 14th May 2024

Fly-tipping

Baroness Lampard Excerpts
Tuesday 14th May 2024

(7 months, 1 week ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Douglas-Miller Portrait Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
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I would be delighted to do that and undertake to do it.

Baroness Lampard Portrait Baroness Lampard (Con)
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My Lords, I declare my interest in a family farm business that bears an ever-increasing burden of having to clear up fly-tipped waste, particularly building waste—which recently included a most attractive bathroom suite left in an open meadow. Can the Minister say whether any consideration has been given to requiring waste carrier licensees to display some form of licence on their vehicles? Does the Minister agree that fly-tippers might be deterred from carrying and dumping waste if they and their illegal purpose were more easily identifiable because of the absence of a visible licence on their vehicle?

Lord Douglas-Miller Portrait Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
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My noble friend makes an extremely good point and, under the new regulations that we are just about to bring out, we are looking at exactly how those permitted to use these regulations have to display the relevant permit, where they display it and how they advertise it, to make it much more clear to those using these facilities whether they are acting legally.