questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that effective penalties are imposed on people that illegally dump waste in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England.
answerText: On 20 March the Government published its Waste Crime Action Plan, a major step up in its efforts to tackle waste crime. The Plan commits Defra to working closely with the Ministry of Justice to explore what more could be done to ensure that those who ille...
heading: Fly-tipping: Enforcement