HC Deb 28 June 1989 vol 155 c484W
26. Mr. Patrick Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he proposes to seek to place a duty on local authorities to keep their local streets clean.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

A duty on local authorities to keep land clean, and to have regard to a code of practice, is one of a number of proposals for legislation on litter which my right hon. Friend intends to announce soon.