Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 22 January (HL4503), when they expect the new powers given to local councils in England outside London to issue civil penalties to the keepers of vehicles from which litter is thrown to come into effect.

Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Littering from Vehicles Outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) Regulations are expected to come into force on 1 April 2018. A copy of the draft Regulations can be found online at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111163818/contents