A Bill to make provision for requiring public bodies to act in pursuit of the United Kingdom’s environmental, social, economic and cultural wellbeing by meeting wellbeing objectives, publishing future generations impact assessments, accounting for preventative spending, and through public services contracts; to establish a Commissioner for Future Generations for the United Kingdom; to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Future Generations; to require companies to consider the impact of their activities on the United Kingdom’s wellbeing; and for connected purposes
House of Lords
5 May 2021
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The Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill would require public bodies to act to improve the UK’s long‑term wellbeing across environmental, social, economic and cultural areas. It would require them to set wellbeing objectives, publish future generations impact assessments and consider preventative spending, and it would also bring private companies into scope to consider wellbeing. It would establish a UK Commissioner for Future Generations and a Joint Parliamentary Committee to oversee progress, and extend these duties to public service contracts.
The bill is currently at Committee stage in the Lords, where its clauses are being examined clause‑by‑clause after having had first and second readings in early 2020. If progressed, it would move to consideration in the House of Commons.
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8 Jan 2020
13 Mar 2020
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 13 March.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2019-2021 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
