HC Deb 11 July 1994 vol 246 cc476-7W
Mr. David Porter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to announce the recommendations of his Department's advisory group on litter on national legislation for dog fouling and the definition of dog mess as litter together with his response on a day on which the House is sitting before the end of July.

Mr. Atkins

I intend to publish before the recess the report of the Department's advisory group on litter as a consultation document and I shall be encouraging all interested parties to let me have their views on its recommendations.