Wales wants to control its own environment

UK Parliament members were met with a legislation draft from the Welsh Assembly yesterday that would give the Welsh Assembly the authority to make its own environmental rules regarding Welsh concerns.

The environmental powers provided under the LCO (Legislature competence order) would include any action that is related to Welsh pollution, waster, and/or nuisances.

These are also referred to as purely Welsh measures in regards to the environment.

Minister of environment, Jane Davidson, stated that this legislature would allow Wales to act in a timely manner on issues that are directly affecting the Welsh, that may cause problems if forced to wait on a larger timetable in the UK government.

The LCO will have to be fully scrutinised in Westminster and approved before it can be granted to the Welsh assembly.