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 Commons
6 May 2021
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The Wellbeing of Future Generations (No. 2) Bill would require public bodies to act to improve the UK’s wellbeing across environmental, social, economic and cultural areas. It would create a UK Commissioner for Future Generations and a Joint Parliamentary Committee, require wellbeing impact assessments and preventative spending accounting, and extend consideration of wellbeing to public contracts and to companies’ activities.
The bill is at the second reading in the House of Commons, having had its first reading on 24 March 2020.
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24 Mar 2020
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
