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Debate between Desmond Swayne and Robbie Moore
Thursday 1st February 2024
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Robbie Moore
We are giving councils more powers than ever before to deal with fly-tipping. We have raised the minimum penalty fine from £400 to £1,000, and are allowing councils to ringfence that money for prosecutions and cleaning up their streets. It is disappointing to see from the stats that Labour councils are not using the powers we are giving them as much as they should.
Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
The penalties are insufficient. If offenders were garrotted with their own intestines, there would be fewer of them.
Robbie Moore
It is important to note that councils can use the power that we are giving them to apply increased penalty fines of £1,000. The Government want those penalties to be used, so that we can drive down fly- tipping in all council areas.