§ 21. Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many, and which, local authorities have made anti-litter byelaws under the Local Government Act, 1933.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeAnti-litter bye-laws have been made under Section 249 of the Local Government Act, 1933, by the councils of 59 counties, 58 county boroughs and 223 non-county boroughs, and under Section 146 of the London Government Act, 1939, by 25 metropolitan borough councils. I will send my hon. Friend a list of the local authorities concerned.
§ 22. Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of prosecutions brought and convictions secured by local authorities for litter offences in each of the last three years.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. HillIn view of the great cost of clearing up litter and the widespread feeling among local authorities and their 746 associations that the present powers are not providing an effective sanction against the really troublesome offender, will my right hen. and gallant Friend please consider in future calling for statistics of litter prosecutions and convictions so that we may have some firm basis on which to hose criticisms and recommendations?
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeI should not like to make a promise on that, because I visualise that it would be a very difficult matter to collect the information, as there are well over 350 of these local authorities. I will certainly look into the matter.