Sustainable Development

Mr. Dai Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the relevance to sustainable energy in Wales of the latest report of the Sustainable Development Commission, From “Pioneer to Delivery”.

Mr. Hain
The Sustainable Development Commission report “From Pioneer to Delivery” makes a number of recommendations relating to the Welsh Assembly Government's policies on sustainable development.

I discuss these matters regularly with the First Minister and share his commitment to the goal of sustainable development.

To that end, the Government of Wales Bill, currently before Parliament, provides for a statutory duty for the Welsh Ministers to produce a sustainable development scheme and provides the Welsh Ministers with additional powers to discharge their duties in relation to sustainable development.