Policy Watch Scotland

The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations: Consultation on Draft Regulations

Second in a suite of consultations on regulations supporting the implementation of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. This consultation is on the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations.

Scottish Government

Closing Date: Friday 29 August 2008

Learning to Drive

Consultation on plans to overhaul the way young people learn to drive, including piloting teaching road safety in schools.

Department for Transport

Closing Date: Monday 8 September 2008

Changing Scotland's relationship with alcohol: a discussion paper on our strategic approach

Discussion paper setting out Scotland's approach to tackling alcohol misuse

Scottish Government

Closing Date: Tuesday 9 September 2008

Safeguarding our rural schools and improving school consultation procedures: proposals for changes to legislation

Consultation on plans to make it harder for authorities to close schools, particularly in rural areas.

Scottish Government

Closing Date: Friday 19 September 2008

Antisocial Personality Disorders: consultation on the draft guideline

A clinical practice guideline on antisocial personality disorders is being developed. The consultation covers intervention in children and young people for the prevention of antisocial personality disorders, along with risk assessment and management, organisation and experiences of care.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Closing Date: Thursday 2 October 2008

The Adoption (Supervision Requirement Report) Regulations

The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 places a duty on the Children's Hearing to prepare a report for the court considering a Permanence Order when it proposes to make or modify a supervision requirement in respect of the child to whom the Permanence Order relates. These regulations specifically deal with the information which must be contained in the report to the court.

Scottish Government

Closing Date: Wednesday 8 October 2008

The Adoption Information (Scotland) Regulations and The Adoption (Disclosure) of Information (Scotland) Regulations

Third in a series of consultations on regulations to support the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. These regulations make provision concerning the information which an adoption must keep in relation to adoption and the form and manner in which such information must be kept, and the disclosure by adoption agencies of information relating to adoptions.

Scottish Government

Closing Date: Wednesday 8 October 2008

The Adoption Information (Scotland) Regulations and The Adoption (Disclosure) of Information (Scotland) Regulations

Third in a series of consultations on regulations to support the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. These regulations make provision concerning the information which an adoption must keep in relation to adoption and the form and manner in which such information must be kept, and the disclosure by adoption agencies of information relating to adoptions.

Scottish Government

Closing Date: Wednesday 8 October 2008

Strengthening for the Future: A Consultation on the Reform of the Children's Hearings System

The Scottish Government is looking to modernise and strengthen the Children's Hearings system and establish a new national body to support and administer the system. The consultation outlines both proposals needing legislation, and proposals which can go ahead without new legislation. The resutls of the consultation will feed into a new bill to set up the new national body.

Scottish Government

Closing Date: Friday 24 October 2008

A consultation on the next generation of national qualifications in Scotland

Consultation setting out a range of proposals to make sure national qualifications fully reflect the Curriculum for Excellence

Scottish Government

Closing Date: Friday 31 October 2008

Video Games Consultation

As part of the government's implementation of the Byron review recommendations on children and new media, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is asking for views from children, parents, the games industry, retailers and other interested parties on the classification system for video games. The results of the consultation will be used to develop a system to protect children from inappropriate content.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Closing Date: Thursday 20 November 2008

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

Government bill to establish a Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and amend the law on child support.

Department for Work and Pensions

Creative Scotland Bill

Bill to create a body known as Creative Scotland which would have responsibility for overseeing arts and culture in the country.

Scottish Government

Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill

Would introduce the legal changes necessary to allow unclaimed assets in dormant bank accounts to be redistributed to worthy causes. The intention is for a significant portion of the money to be spent on services for young people.

HM Treasury

Drugs (Reclassification) Bill 2007-08

Private members' bill to increase the classification on cannabis.

Christopher Chope MP

Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill 2007-08

Private members' bill mainly concerned with the sale of age-restricted products to children online.

Margaret Moran MP

Voting Age (Reduction) Bill

Private members' bill to reduce the voting age for parliamentary and other elections to 16.

Julie Morgan MP