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