Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6

The Commons voted on 14 April 2026 to reject Lords Amendment 6 to the Crime and Policing Bill, which would have introduced stronger fly-tipping enforcement measures. The motion to disagree passed by 299 votes to 169. The government did not offer any alternative provision in place of the amendment it removed. The practical effect of the vote is that the fly-tipping enforcement measures contained in Lords Amendment 6 will not form part of the Bill. Unlike some other Lords amendments rejected on the same day, the government offered no replacement provision, meaning the Bill proceeds without that specific enforcement mechanism. Fly-tipping affects both rural and urban communities; during the debate, MPs cited estimates that a single incident can cost a farmer more than 10,000 pounds to clear, and that roughly a fifth of England's waste, around 38 million tonnes, may be handled illegally. The vote divided along clear party lines. All 292 Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs who voted backed the government's motion to disagree. Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, the Democratic Unionist Party, Plaid Cymru, Reform UK, and several independent MPs all voted against, totalling 169. Three Green MPs voted with the government. No Conservative or Liberal Democrat MP voted with the government.