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Lord Laird
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the concept of sustainable development is a guiding principle for all their policies; and if not, why not. [HL236]
Lord Whitty
The Government published A better quality of life—a strategy for sustainable development for the UK in May 1999 and continue to use that strategy as a framework to guide their policies.We shall shortly be publishing our first annual report on progress by the country as a whole towards sustainable development.