HL Deb 15 January 2001 vol 620 cc113-4WA
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.