Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Japanese Knotweed
Debate contribution by Mr Andrew Muir on .
- MLA
- Mr Andrew Muir
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 7 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Dilapidation Bill: Japanese Knotweed
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5670106
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Fundamental to the Dilapidation Bill is identifying someone who can be gone after to recover the associated costs. That has been identified in the Bill. There is separate legislation in place for Japanese knotweed. It is important that people step up to their responsibilities, because the number of enforcement cases that we are taking in relation to that is rising, which is not acceptable.
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