Andrew Griffith MP, Member of Parliament for Arundel & South Downs, has welcomed the Government’s plan to crack down on anti-social behaviour in communities.
The plan, announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, will take a zero-tolerance approach to perpetrators of anti-social behaviour and will implement ‘swift and visible’ justice as quickly as within 48 hours.
The Government’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan will increase fines for those who graffiti, litter or fly tip – up to £500 and £1,000. It will also give landlords and housing associations more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin their neighbours’ lives through persistent noise, and will offer an extra one million hours of youth services in areas with the highest rates of anti-social behaviour.
As part of the zero-tolerance approach, nitrous oxide or ‘laughing gas’ to send a clear message to gangs that hang around play areas and parks, living a litter trail of metal cannisters behind them.
Under the new Immediate Justice scheme, those found committing anti-social behaviour will be made to repair the damage they inflicted on victims and communities, with an ambition for them to start work as soon as 48 hours after their offence so victims know antisocial behaviour is treated seriously and with urgency.
Commenting, Andrew Griffith MP said:
“I know that residents are fed up with anti-social behaviour in our communities and so I am pleased that the Government is implement a plan to stamp it out for good.
Under the plan, there will be a zero tolerance approach visibly taken on graffiti, litter, and users of the drug nitrous oxide so we can take pride again in our community.”
