Government Bills

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Legislating for Sure Start Children's Centres
The Government is consulting on proposals to give Sure Start Children's Centres (SSCCs) a specific statutory legal basis, as part of the forthcoming Education and Skills Bill. Responses are invited by the closing date of 6 November.

Launch Date: Thursday 11 September 2008
Closing Date: Thursday 6 November 2008

Safeguarding Children from Sexual Exploitation
This draft guidance aims to provide practitioners across all relevant agencies and the voluntary and community sector with information about different forms of sexual exploitation to help them identify and safeguard children and young people who are at risk of sexual exploitation, or who are being sexually exploited. It will replace the current guidance, Children involved in Prostitution, issued in 2000 and will be supplementary guidance to Working Together to Safeguard Children (HMG 2006).

Launch Date: Friday 18 July 2008
Closing Date: Friday 10 October 2008


HOME OFFICE

Forced Marriage Consultation
The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 provides for the government to issue statutory guidance setting out the responsibilities of all agencies dealing with forced marriage issues.

Publication date: 23/07/08
Closing date: 15/10/08


DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Safe, Sensible, Social – Consultation on further action
Safe.Sensible.Social (June 2007) outlined national and local action to achieve long-term reductions in alcohol-related ill health and crime. Government committed to carrying out three reviews of industry practice and then to consult on whether there is a need for further regulation of alcohol retailing.

Launch date:  22 July 2008
Closing date: 14 October 2008

Consultation on a National Framework For Assessing Children and young people’s Continuing care
Consultation document on proposals for a National Framework for assessing children and young people’s continuing care.

Closing date: 31 December 2008

Consultation on direct payments regulations
Direct payments are crucial to achieving the Government's aim to increase independence, choice and control for service users and their carers through allowing them the opportunity to arrange their own personalised care.

Closing date: 11 November 2008


SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Strengthening for the Future – a consultation on the reform of the Children’s Hearings System
Proposals for action aimed at improving the support provided by the Children’s Hearings system, through a more streamlined, consistent and less bureaucratic approach and, in the longer term, to help deliver better outcomes for Scotland's most vulnerable children.

Launch date: 01/08/2008
Close date: 24/10/2008

Consultation on amendment of secondary legislation under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 – registration of private landlords
This consultation seeks views on proposed amendments to Regulations made under section 8 of the Antisocial Behaviour etc...

Launch date: 18/07/2008
Close date: 10/10/2008

The Adoption Information (Scotland) Regulations and The Adoption (Disclosure of Information)(Scotland) Regulations: Consultation on Draft Regulations
These regulations make provision concerning (a)the information which an adoption must keep in relation to adoptions and the form and manner in which such information must be kept and (b) the disclosure by adoption agencies of information relating to adoptions

Launch date: 13/08/2008
Closing datet: 08/10/2008

The Adoption (Supervision Requirement Report) (Scotland) Regulations: Consultation on Draft Regulations
The Adoption and Children 9Scotland)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.

Launch date: 13/08/2008
Closing datet: 08/10/2008