Nigel Evans, Member of Parliament for the Ribble Valley, today met with Phil Barton, Chief Executive of Keep Britain Tidy, at the launch of the group’s latest report, “This Is Our Home - A manifesto for a cleaner England”. Speaking after the event, Mr Evans said: “It is incredibly frustrating and demoralising when people needlessly litter, fly tip or generally damage their local environment. We all have a responsibility to keep Britain tidy for our own benefit as well as the environment’s. “It is staggering to think that in 2007/08 the total street cleaning bill for England was over £780 million and it is a terrible indictment of our society that there were more than one million incidences of fly tipping last year alone. “I have tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Government to back Keep Britain Tidy’s campaign and produce a fresh approach to improving local environments.” |