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Latest news on the Wellbeing of Future Generations (No. 2) Bill 2019-21

The next stage for this Bill, Second reading, is scheduled to take place on Friday 27 November 2020.

This is a Private Members' Bill and was introduced to Parliament on Tuesday 24 March 2020 under the Ten Minute Rule.

If the text of the Bill is not yet available, please contact its sponsor, Caroline Lucas MP, for more information.

Summary of the Wellbeing of Future Generations (No. 2) Bill 2019-21

A Bill to make provision for requiring 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, accounting for preventative spending, and through public services contracts; to establish a Commissioner for Future Generations for the United Kingdom; to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Future Generations; to require companies to consider the impact of their activities on the United Kingdom’s wellbeing; and for connected purposes.