In the Lords

The noble Baroness is right. I make one point about the plastic bag tax.

There is no doubt that there has been an upsurge in the use of so-called bags for life, but the net impact of the plastic bag tax has unq

My Lords, we have reduced annual sales of single-use plastic carrier bags by over 7 billion with the 5p charge.

I think the Government’s record on tackling plastic is pretty robust.

My noble friend makes a very good point.

There is no doubt that there has been an upsurge in the use of so-called bags for life, but the net impact of the plastic bag tax has unq

The plastic bag tax itself has not put any additional costs on to local authorities; on the contrary, it has raised substantial funds, wh

The noble Baroness makes a very important point.

The total number of prosecutions for fly-tipping offences by local authorities in England, as well as the proportion that were successful

In its manifesto, the Government committed to increase the penalties for fly-tipping.