Mr. Paul Clegg:

The Deputy is highlighting dereliction and its impact. There could be dumping in a front garden. We receive lots of complaint on that and actively pursue the owners or occupiers to tidy up their gardens. They might have buddleia growing. We understand the impact that a dwelling like that can have on the whole street. That is how we are somewhat conflating vacancy and dereliction. However, we act on it. The Deputy will be aware that our area office will contact us to alert us to a particular dwelling which, say, has dumping in the front garden and we contact the owners. In the main we-----