Stage 1 report on the Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill

PDF Published: Friday 19 Dec 2025 (SJSSS062025R11)

Expand
Report

Hide

Hide

Report
- Membership changes
- Introduction
- Background
  - Proposal for a Scottish Government Bill
  - SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
- Policy objectives of the Bill
- Consideration by the Social Justice and Social Security Committee
  - Written evidence
  - Oral evidence
  - Consideration by other Committees
    
    Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
    
    Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Key issues in the Social Justice and Social Security Committee's consideration of the Bill
  - Policy coherence
  - Duties on public bodies
    
    Definition of public body
    
    Have due regard for the need to promote wellbeing and sustainable development
    
    Existing legislative obligations
    
    Demonstrating compliance
  - Definitions
    
    Sustainable development
    
    Wellbeing
  - The Future Generations Commissioner for Scotland
    
    Establishment
    
    Overlap of duties and responsibilities
    
    Function and investigations
    
    Safeguarding future generations
    
    Investigative powers
    
    Issuing guidance
    
    Alternative approaches
    
    A strengthened role for Audit Scotland
    
    National Performance Framework
  - Financial and resource implications
    
    Costs
    
    Potential future savings
- The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Annex A: References to sustainable development in Scottish legislation
- Annex B: Acronyms
- Annex C: Written and oral evidence
- Annex D: Extracts from the minutes
Sources

Scottish Parliament. (2025, December 19). Official Report of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament/SJSS-30-10-2025?meeting=16653

Scottish Parliament. (2025, December 19). Summary of written evidence. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/social-justice-and-social-security-committee/correspondence/wellbeing-bill/spice-summary-wellbeing-and-sustainable-development-bill.pdf

Last Updated: 10/1 1:59am

An error occured while loading, please try again in a few minutes.