A Bill to make provision for a public consultation to inform a set of national wellbeing goals; to require 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 and accounting for preventative spending; to establish a futures and forecasting report; to establish a Commission for Future Generations for the United Kingdom; to extend the duty of the Office of Budget Responsibility to consider wellbeing and the future generations principle in their work; to add onto a Minister in each government department's portfolio a duty to promote the future generations principle across government policy; to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Future Generations; and for connected purposes
House of Lords
5 May 2022
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Plain English summary: The Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill would set national wellbeing goals after a public consultation and require public bodies to pursue environmental, social, economic and cultural wellbeing. It would require policies to publish future generations impact assessments and consider preventative spending, and would create new bodies and duties to embed long-term wellbeing across government. It also establishes a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Future Generations.
Originated in the Lords and progressed through multiple stages, including discharge of an order of commitment. It is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons.
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The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
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