Question follow-through · 61182
Litter: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's planned timetable is for responding to the consultation on making the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse statutory, which closed in April 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's planned timetable is for responding to the consultation on making the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse statutory, which closed in April 2024.
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jun 2025
Answer published
A copy of the consultation document on publishing statutory litter enforcement guidance will be deposited in the Library. This consultation was run in March 2024 under the previous Government. This Government has yet to make a decision on whether to publi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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National Landscapes
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Water Charges
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Waste Disposal: Fixed Penalties
2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on the use of fixed-penalty notices for households for minor waste receptacle issues.
Coastal Erosion: Flood Control
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Water Charges: Social Tariffs
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Water: Prices
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Coastal Erosion: Flood Control
3 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61181,on Coastal Erosion: Flood Control, how much capital funding for flood defence his Department has allocated for each year of the
Environment Protection: Public Bodies
3 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has provided to public authorities on what are reasonable charges under the Environmental Information Regulations regime.
Waste Disposal: Wales
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Waste Disposal: Fixed Penalties
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