Policy Watch Wales

5 December 2008

Stay up to date with the progress of consultations, legislation and White Papers affecting services for children and young people

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Consultations
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Consultations

The Development of a Family Nurse Service for Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government has unveiled plans to provide at least one nurse for each secondary school.

Closing Date: Friday 5 December 2008

Talk to me: A National Action Plan to Reduce Suicide and Self Harm in Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government is launching a national plan to reduce suicide and self harm. It wants to hear views on whether the plan could help to reduce the number of people who harm themselves or who die by suicide because of the problems they have.

Closing Date: Friday 30 January 2009

Legislation

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

White Papers

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