It is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Mr Paisley. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) on securing this debate about litter, an issue that is so important to so many of us. It is great to have the opportunity to talk about it and what we are doing about it, and to highlight and commend the many volunteers and groups doing so much commendable work to tackle this criminal activity, and this blight on our communities. The Government provided £9.75 million for a high street community clean-up fund in 2019; funds have gone towards supplying litter-picking kit and training residents in how to remove graffiti. A regulatory position statement was published by the Environment Agency that enables volunteers to litter-pick without a waste carrier licence, allowing local tips to accept litter from pickers. The Government's new antisocial behaviour plan raises penalties for fly-tipping to £1,000 and introduces a league table for local authorities on fly-tipping rates. A further £93 million investment in community payback will see 8 million hours of unpaid work by offenders completing clean-up projects. The Great British spring clean saw 1,500 offenders spend almost 10,000 hours on 300 community clean-up projects. New measures include mandatory waste tracking and extended producer responsibility schemes to reduce packaging waste. A chewing gum taskforce has provided £1.25 million funding for councils to clean pavements, achieving reductions in gum littering of up to 80%. Behaviour change is important; schools are doing great work teaching kids not to throw down litter.