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
The bill would require public bodies to plan and act with long-term wellbeing in mind—environmentally, socially, economically and culturally. It would set national wellbeing goals, require impact assessments on future generations, and create a Commission for Future Generations plus a futures and forecasting report; it would also extend duties on ministers, departments and the budget watchdog to promote and consider this principle.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons and originated in the House of Lords.
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The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
