Whether the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport made a commitment at the "It's Wild" conference on green tourism on 1 May 2002 that the…

Answered Asked by Robin Harper Green Lodged 2 May 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport made a commitment at the "It's Wild" conference on green tourism on 1 May 2002 that the legislative proposals in its Nature of Scotland document will be implemented before the elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2003.

The answer

Answered by Mike Watson on 16 May 2002 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Whilst I referred to the major significance of The Nature of Scotland in my speech, I did not give any specific commitments on the introduction or scheduling of legislation.It remains our firm intention to bring forward legislative proposals at an early opportunity. In particular, we will publish a draft nature conservation bill, based on the proposals contained in the policy statement The Nature of Scotland, as soon as is practicably possible. It will be for my ministerial colleagues, Allan Wilson and Ross Finnie, and for the First Minister, to make any public announcements on progress with the implementation of our proposals.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-25580 by reference.