Green MP Caroline Lucas has told parliament that Lord John Bird’s Future Generations Bill should be central to how the country rebuilds following the coronavirus crisis as she gave the bill its House of Commons debut.
Lucas, who is sponsoring the bill’s passage through the Commons, delivered a Ten Minute Rule motion in the chamber today told MPs how Lord John Bird’s bill will seek to instil consideration for future generations into parliamentary policies and decision-making.
The Big Issue founder has been bringing the Future Generations Bill through the House of Lords where it received cross-party support at its first reading earlier this month.
And it has continued to unite politicians across the political spectrum in the Commons with 11 co-sponsors backing Lucas as she introduced the bill today.
.@CarolineLucas is now presenting the #FutureGenerationsBill. It aims to ensure UK policymaking takes the interests of future generations into account.@BigIssue founder @johnbirdswords recently presented the Bill in the @UKHouseofLords too.
Watch: https://t.co/NK9pY9Hvaz pic.twitter.com/z1XqgG1Xbm
— UK House of Commons (@HouseofCommons) March 24, 2020
Lucas told MPs: “I wish that I was introducing this bill in very different circumstances but I am confident that honourable members can see that the bill does not conflict with our immediate priorities, which are rightly elsewhere.