P-05-1093 Establish a Wales wide Environmental and Wildlife Enforcement Service to tackle environmental crime, Correspondence – Petitioner to Committee, 16.01.21

We welcome the work currently being carried out by the Welsh Government towards tackling fly tipping/wildlife crime/littering but we strongly believe that this work could be made so much more effective it coordinated by one single organisation funded by a tax on single use plastics and fines.

If we are going to become a "exemplar nation" and effectively tackle the ecological crises facing us then we must take further actions.

The number of organisations responsible for this area of policy in the ministers reply is an example of how lines of responsibility can be confused or even hidden.

We believe that one Welsh Environment and Wildlife Enforcement Agency would be a clear and effective organisation which would be much more effective in tackling environmental crimes such as fly tipping, littering, dog fouling and the illegal killing of wildlife.

Regards