MPs have warned that "Defra is not best placed to ensure that other Government departments embed sustainability in their operations and policy making" and the Environmental Audit Committee is calling for the Cabinet Office to take responsibility for "driving improvements in sustainability across Government" with support from the Treasury and the Prime Minister. The report from which the claims were made stated that Defra's "non-central position limited its ability to influence other departments or to hold them to account." Joara Walley MP, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, said: "Defra has the expertise, but it does not have the influence to get the rest of Government to act more sustainably.
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