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
31 October 2023
This Bill aims to embed long‑term wellbeing in government decision‑making. It would set national wellbeing goals after public consultation, require public bodies to pursue those goals and publish future generations impact assessments, and consider preventative spending; it would also create new bodies and reports to forecast and protect future wellbeing.
The bill is at 1st Reading in the Lords. It will need to pass through both Houses and receive Royal Assent before becoming law.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
