Policy Watch Wales

Consultation on the Draft Wales Intergenerational Strategy, Building a Society for all Ages

Formal consultation on the proposed intergenerational strategy document

Welsh Assembly Government

Closing Date: Saturday 30 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

Taking Action on Child Poverty

Consultation on a voluntary joint agreement on child poverty and proposed legislation.

Welsh Assembly Government

Closing Date: Tuesday 30 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

Stronger Families

The Welsh Assembly Government is looking to reform the law so local authorities and the NHS would be required to provide integrated family support services for vulnerable families. This would include families with parental substance misuse issues, mental health problems, learning disabilities, and domestic abuse issues.

Welsh Assembly Government

Closing Date: Friday 3 October 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

Children and Young Persons Bill

A Bill to introduce legislation around local authority social work practices, in particular the treatment of children in care. Would bring in the legislation necessary to back the Care Matters reforms.

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

Wide ranging criminal justice bill that includes proposed legislation to introduce a single community sentence for juvenile offenders, the youth rehabilitation order.

Ministry of Justice

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

Education and Skills Bill

Introduces a range of provisions on education, including powers to allow the government to raise the school leaving age to 18. Also covers careers advice, and apprenticeships.

Department for Children, Schools and Families

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

Proposed Healthy Eating in Schools (Wales) Measure 2008

Assembly measure to promote healthy eating in schools.

Jenny Randerson AM

Voting Age (Reduction) Bill

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

Julie Morgan MP

Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver

White paper containing proposals to back the government's aim of increasing the education and training leaving age to 18. Plans include transferring £7bn to local authorities for them to invest in education provision, and scrapping the Learning and Skills Council. Open for consultation until 9 June.

Department for Children, Schools and Families/Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills