The Policy Memorandum for the Circular Economy Bill states that "An analysis of the National Litter and Fly-tipping Strategy consultation demonstrated strong support for a more robust fly-tipping enforcement regime" and that this this was also seen in responses to the 2022 Member’s Bill consultation on flytipping where there was strong support for the introduction of stricter liability on the generator of waste and for Scottish legislation to be more consistent with the position in England and Wales.
2022 consultation on Members Bill on flytipping
In March 2022, a consultation was published by Murdo Fraser MSP on a Proposed Fly-tipping (Scotland) Bill, which set out "to reduce the incidence of flytipping by introducing new measures and strengthening existing measures to prevent it, including by improving data collection, improving enforcement procedures, increasing penalties for offenders, and by making changes regarding liability for the removal of fly-tipped waste".