Question follow-through · 43357
Public Places: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing (a) Huddersfield and (b) other towns to create (i) cleaner and (ii) more attractive public areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 17 Apr 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing (a) Huddersfield and (b) other towns to create (i) cleaner and (ii) more attractive public areas.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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17 Apr 2025
Answer published
Local councils have a range of enforcement powers to tackle issues such as fly-tipping and littering. These include fixed penalty notices, prosecution and vehicle seizure. We are seeking powers to issue statutory fly-tipping enforcement guidance to help c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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