Support for fly-tipping crackdown

Proposals to tackle the "growing scourge" of flytipping have received the backing of cross-party MSPS.

Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser's Members Bill will be debated in Parliament following the support.

The "common sense" proposals would increase the fixed penalty notice threshold to £200.

It would introduce a legal liability to ensure that the person whose land or property where waste has been dumped is not responsible for its removal.

Instead, Mr Fraser suggested there should be strict liability on the generator of the waste for clearing it up and paying any fines for its disposal, as is already the case in England and Wales.

He said: "I'm delighted to have secured this crossparty support, which ensures that the Bill will now be debated.

"Fly-tipping creates huge environmental damage and blights both countryside and urban areas.”