Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill: consultation

1. Ministerial foreword

Why your views matter

“The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring Scotland is a country where people, businesses and communities realise their full potential through opportunities and choice, while handing the next generation a country of which we can be proud.

The First Minister has set out our missions on equality, opportunity, and community, and described these as the driving ambition of the government as we build a Scotland which can withstand the difficult times through which we are all living. Each of these missions are connected and when delivered together they will make a real and positive difference to the lives of people across Scotland.

The National Outcomes ensure we make connections that create opportunities which are fair, green, and focused on delivering high quality public services that unleash potential; empowering people, communities, and businesses to thrive. In this consultation we are seeking your views on how this approach should develop, and on how best to ensure that the interests of future generations are respected in decision making.

In responding to this consultation, I encourage you to share ideas that better enable collaboration, decision making, accountability, and scrutiny across boundaries to deliver Scotland’s National Outcomes while maintaining financial sustainability.”

Shona Robison MSP

Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance