It was great to meet with a number of dedicated volunteers from the Northamptonshire Litter Wombles in Parliament recently, who are so dedicated to tackling litter locally - and my thanks go to all involved for their efforts, particularly those Litter Wombles here in Corby & East Northamptonshire! I, like them, and so many people locally, hate litter, and resent seeing it lying around within our communities - there is no excuse for dropping it and firm action should be taken against those who do. Littering is a choice. Ultimately, cleaning it up is a desperate waste of taxpayers' money, which could be far better spent on way more pressing needs. I regularly raise the issue of litter with North Northamptonshire Council and hope that, in time, there will be less and less polluting our environment and wasting valuable public funds - and with that in mind, alongside the Northamptonshire Litter Wombles, we are organising a Northamptonshire Litter Summit in Parliament in the autumn, with a view to galvanising further joined-up action locally to address it and to redouble our efforts in tackling this scourge.