24 January 2012
Welsh Government sets out vision for sustainable development bill
A sustainable development bill has been outlined by John Griffiths speaking to 100 representatives from Wales’ public, private and the third sectors at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in December; he is Environment and Sustainable Development Minister . The Welsh Government committed in its legislative programme to introduce legislation on sustainable development, in order to: Make sustainable development the centre of all activities and decisions of the Welsh Government and devolved public bodies in Wales; and Create an independent sustainable development body for Wales. The Welsh Government will now formally consult on the purpose and extent of a Sustainable Development Bill during 2012 and hopes to introduce the Bill to the National Assembly in 2013 or 2014.
http://sd.defra.gov.uk/2012/01/welsh-government-sets-out-vision-for-sustainable-development-bill/