National Spring Clean Campaign

EDM number 525 in 1999-00, proposed by Nicholas Winterton on 14/03/2000.

That this House congratulates the Tidy Britain Group on its National Spring Clean Campaign to clear the United Kingdom of litter; notes with dismay the annual national cost to council taxpayers of ú320 million per year to remove litter from streets; further notes with dismay the annual cost to the council taxpayers of the Borough of Macclesfield totalling ú698,000; calls on the Government to increase education, practical litter prevention measures and penalties to reduce this unnecessary expenditure; and congratulates all those volunteering in support of the Tidy Britain Group's National Spring Clean to improve the environment of towns, cities and countryside.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.