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Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]
The bill’s formal description, sponsors and the full list of documents Parliament has published for it, bill text at each stage, Explanatory Notes, Impact Assessments, amendment papers, written evidence and committee reports.
Long title · Parliament’s official description
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
Sponsors · 2
- Lord BirdCrossbenchLife peer
- Simon FellConservativeBarrow and Furness
Bill · 2
- Bill 253 2021-22 (as brought from the Lords)Commons8 Feb 2022
- HL Bill 6 (as introduced)Lords20 May 2021· 1.1 MB
Explanatory Notes · 1
- HL Bill 6 Explanatory NotesLords20 May 2021· 441 KB
Briefing papers · 1
- Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]Lords16 Jun 2021
Select Committee report · 1
- 10th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords18 Nov 2021