§ 112. Mr. Michael BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to control the nuisance of abandoned supermarket trolleys.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryClause 93 and schedule 4 to the Environmental Protection Bill, inserted on report, empower local authorities to seize, remove and retain 257W shopping and luggage trolleys which appear to them to have been abandoned. Trolley owners wishing to recover trolleys which have been seized will have to pay a charge to the authority. These new powers, on which the Retail Consortium and British Rail had been consulted, should ensure that abandoned trolleys are no longer left to spoil local amenities or cause danger to motorists and pedestrians.