Select committee inquiry

Embedding Sustainable Development: The Government's Response

Closed

Environmental Audit Committee · Opened 24 March 2011 · Closed 1 April 2012

Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

What the inquiry looked at

“The Environmental Audit Committee took evidence from Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Minister for Government Policy, Cabinet Office on 31 March , to examine the outcome of the Committee’s report on embedding sustainable development (PDF 1.20 MB) Since the Report’s publication, the Government has published ‘Mainstreaming sustainable Development – The Government’s vision and what this means in practice’ (PDF 337.69 KB) and submitted its response to the Committee’s Report. The Committee published its report (PDF 289.80 KB) in response to the Government's response on Wednesday 25 May 2011. Letter to the Chair from Secretary of State Defra 27/07/11 ( GEN 38 ) Letter to the Chair from Secretary of State Defra 12/12/11 ( GEN 59 )”

The committee's words, from the inquiry page on parliament.uk ↗.