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Bill Introduced 20 May 2021 ↗ Parliament

Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]

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

Legislative progress

Lords 20 May 2021
1st reading
Lords 25 Jun 2021
2nd reading
Lords 10 Nov 2021
Order of Commitment discharged
Lords 4 Feb 2022
3rd reading
Commons 8 Feb 2022
1st reading
Commons 6 May 2022
2nd reading

Chamber debates