A Government Bill, introduced by Carl Sargeant AM, Minister for Natural Resources.  The Business Committee has remitted the Bill to the Environment and Sustainability Committee.

About the Bill

The Bill includes provision for:

• planning and managing Wales’ natural resources at a national and local level;
• providing Natural Resources Wales with a general purpose linked to statutory ‘principles of sustainable management of natural resources’ defined within the Bill;
• enhancing the powers available to NRW to undertake land management agreements and experimental schemes;
• providing a requirement for public authorities to maintain and enhance biodiversity;
• creating a statutory framework for action on climate change including targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses;
• reforming the law on charges for carrier bags;
• providing powers to Welsh Ministers in relation to waste recycling (including the separate collection of waste); food waste treatment and energy recovery in business.
• making provision about several and regulated orders for fisheries for shellfish;
• fees for marine licences;
• establishing a Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee; and
• changes to the law on land drainage and bylaws made by NRW.

Current Stage

The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (external website) became law in Wales on 21 March 2016 (external website).

Record of Passage in the National Assembly for Wales

The following table sets out the dates for each stage of the Bill’s passage through the National Assembly for Wales.

Contact information

Clerk: Alun Davidson

Phone:  0300 200 6339

Postal address:

National Assembly for Wales

Cardiff Bay

Cardiff    

CF99 1NA

Email: SeneddEnv@Assembly.Wales