Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sandy Martin (Labour), on Tuesday, 20 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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CHEWING GUM REMOVAL SCHEME

That this House notes the nuisance and unsightly blight imposed on streets throughout the UK by the careless disposal of chewing gum; further notes the extent of this problem with an estimated 2,000,000 pieces of gum being dropped in public places each day; acknowledges the high cost of removal of chewing gum from pavements and the lack of local authority resources available to carry out this specific cleansing; and calls on the Government to introduce a specific tax on sales of chewing gum, to be hypothecated to cover the cost to local authorities of chewing gum removal.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

952 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Clive Betts

Lucy Powell

Daniel Zeichner

Alex Sobel

Matt Western

Subjects

Anti-social behaviour Pollution Waste management Taxation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk