Debate Pack
Maternity Discrimination – Westminster Hall debate
Stuart C. McDonald MP (SNP, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) secured a Westminster Hall debate at 4.30pm on Tuesday 3 November 2015.
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Research Briefing
Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16 Committee Stage Report
This Commons Library Briefing Paper summarises debate and amendments to the Bill during its committee stage in the House of Commons.
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Research Briefing
Confidentiality and openness in the family courts: current rules and history of their reform
This briefing paper considers transparency in the family courts, including communication of information and media attendance, and background on recent changes in this area.
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Research Briefing
Welfare Reform and Work Bill [Bill 51 of 2015-16]
This House of Commons Briefing Paper provides background to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill’s provisions; summarises the key measures; and includes relevant comment. The Bill is scheduled to receive its Second Reading on 20 July 2015.
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Research Briefing
Key Issues for the 2015 Parliament
This book examines the key issues facing the House of Commons over the course of the 2015 Parliament - from the public finances to the UK’s membership of the EU and from school places for children to climate change.
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Research Briefing
Community budgets and city deals
This note outlines community budget initiatives - local agreements to pool strategic planning and budgets between public bodies in a given area. It also discusses City Deals, negotiated between large city councils and the Government.
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Research Briefing
Constituency Casework: A guide to age related legislation
This note sets out the age restrictions that define a child in a variety of aspects of life including: contracts; debt; housing; benefits; education; employment and medical treatment, with reference to the relevant legislation in each case.
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Research Briefing
Childcare Payments Bill
This is a report of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Childcare Payments Bill. The Bill would introduce a new tax-free childcare scheme to support eligible parents with childcare costs. Under the scheme, the Government would provide 20 per cent support on costs up to £10,000 per year for each child via an online account. The Government would top up any payments made into the account, capped at a maximum Government contribution of £2,000 a year for each child.
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Research Briefing
Youth services: support under the Coalition Government
This note provides a brief overview of youth services policy under the Coalition Government. It includes information on funding for youth services.
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Research Briefing
Inter-racial adoption
This note provides information on the current law and policy on inter-racial adoption.
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Research Briefing
Past adoption practices and the disclosure of adoption information
This note provides a brief history of adoption legislation, including on forced adoption practices, and the subsequent reform of the law to allow adopted children, birth parents and others to establish contact.
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Research Briefing
Calls for reform of the criminal law on child neglect
The current criminal offence of child neglect is set out in section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. The charity Action for Children has launched a campaign calling for reform of the law, arguing that the legislation needs to "catch up" with modern society's understanding of neglect. Initially the Government said it had no plans to change the law in this area as the courts and children's services already interpret the 1933 Act "in a contemporary way". However, it now plans to legislate (via the Serious Crime Bill announced in the 2014 Queen's Speech) to make clear that the offence covers serious emotional neglect and psychological harm.
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Research Briefing
Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England
The development of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England since its establishment in 2005, including the 2014 reforms.
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Research Briefing
Government support for childcare and childcare reform under the Coalition Government
This note provides an overview of Government childcare policies since 2010.
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Research Briefing
School funding: 2006–2010 policy changes under the Labour Government
This Note provides background to the introduction of the Labour Government's school funding reforms in 2006, details of the reforms (which included the introduction of a ring-fenced schools budget, known as the Dedicated Schools Grant), and the March 2010 consultation on the introduction of a school funding formula.
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