How can we hope to change the way that we think in Wales and embed sustainable development into our lives when citizens can't even rely on the Act to do what the Act was intended to do? It's only when the people of Wales can use this Act to protect their local assets and to hold public bodies to account that this Act will fulfil its true potential.

If the intention of this Act was to be a series of weak principles, let's be honest about that. And if that's true, then I will say that we have over-sold this Act in this Chamber. Without having the necessary powers, this Act is powerless and, more importantly, on the whole, it is useless.