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The Minister asks

Martin Rosenbaum | 17:54 UK time, Friday, 14 November 2008

You are a . But you are also a . Your local council has been running an anti-littering campaign, and you want to know how many litterers have been fined.

How do you find out? Naturally, . LiamByrne.jpg

Well, it's a right available to every citizen, and that includes the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Liam Byrne.

The answer: on average, three a week (and some of them refuse to pay).

It's not known if Gordon Brown has made any freedom of information requests.

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