Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from
David Brown, Environment Business Consumers Division, DEFRA
Further to the Memorandum submitted to the EAC
on Friday 7 February for the Secretary of State's appearance on
12 February, as part of their Inquiry into follow-up of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), I am writing to advise
you of a further development which was not accounted for in the
Memorandum.
In a speech given on 6 February at the "Guardian
and the Observer Business and Society Conference" (see Annex)
in London, Mrs Beckett formally announced the intention to develop
a UK strategy for sustainable consumption and production (SCP),
one of the key commitments made at WSSD. The strategy, to be developed
over the coming months with a view to publication in early Summer,
would provide a clear and concise statement of the Government's
aims and objectives on taking forward the SCP agenda. Defra will
lead on development of the Strategy.
February 2003
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