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Restriction of the Sure Start Maternity Grant

Thursday, 10 February, 2011

The June 2010 Budget announced that from April 2011 the Sure Start Maternity Grant would be restricted to the first child only in a family, saving around £73 million a year. The Social Security Advisory Committee believes that the measure "lacks a coherently argued rationale", and the House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee has suggested that the Government needs to set out more clearly the rationale for the change and its anticipated impact. A particular concern is that changes to the Social Fund Budgeting Loans scheme to mitigate the impact on families will not come into effect until early 2012.
Research Briefing

Education Bill [Bill 137 of 2010-11]

Monday, 07 February, 2011

This paper has been written for the House of Commons Second Reading debate on the Education Bill [Bill 137] on 8 February 2011. The Bill seeks to implement the legislative proposals in the Department for Education’s schools White Paper, 'The Importance of Teaching', and measures from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills relating to skills and the reform of higher education funding. It is therefore a very wide-ranging Bill.
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Lone parents and Jobseeker’s Allowance

Thursday, 20 May, 2010

By April 2011 most lone parents with a youngest child aged seven or over will no longer be able to claim Income Support but will instead have to claim Jobseeker's Allowance and be available for and seek paid work.
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Lone parents with younger children: the Progression to Work pathfinders

Thursday, 20 May, 2010

The Welfare Reform Act 2009 includes provisions to enable piloting of mandatory 'work-related activity' for lone parents on Income Support and partners of benefit claimants with a youngest child aged 3-6. The Labour Government announced proposals to run 'pathfinders' in four Jobcentre Plus districts in England from October 2010.
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Children, Schools and Families Bill: Committee Stage ReportBill No 8 of 2009-10

Monday, 15 February, 2010

This is an account of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Children, Schools and Families Bill. The Bill contained a clause on the charitable status of academies, but the Government decided it could achieve its objectives by non-legislative means, and at the end of the Committee Stage the clause was removed. No other changes were made to the Bill in Committee. There were many amendments proposed by the opposition parties but none was successful.
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Video Recordings Bill (Bill 14 of 2009-10)

Thursday, 31 December, 2009

This Bill would repeal and immediately revive, without amendment, the Video Recordings Act 1984. Its purpose is to rectify a procedural error made during the passage of the Act, thereby to make the latter enforceable in UK courts. It would also allow the Act to be subsequently amended by the Digital Economy Bill 2009-10.
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Children, Schools and Families Bill. Bill 8 2009-10.

Wednesday, 16 December, 2009

This Bill provides ‘guarantees’ for pupils and parents in the school system, underpinned by new Home School Agreements, and makes provision for parental satisfaction surveys. It also makes changes to the powers of governing bodies of maintained schools; extends the remit of School Improvement Partners; provides greater powers for local authorities and the Secretary of State in relation to failing schools; paves the way for the introduction of School Report Cards; and makes provision to introduce a licence to practise for teachers. The Bill also seeks to implement the recommendations of several major reports. These changes affect the school curriculum; provide a registration system for home educators; and provide an additional right of appeal for parents of children with special educational needs. The Bill would also make changes to the reporting of information relating to family proceedings. Other provisions relate to Local Safeguarding Children Boards, Youth Offending Teams, the charitable status of academies, and the fees system for the inspection of independent schools.
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Child Poverty Bill: Committee Stage Report. Bill 10 2009-10.

Thursday, 03 December, 2009

The Bill fulfils the Government’s commitment made in September 2008 to enshrine the 2020 child poverty target in legislation. It establishes four separate child poverty targets to be met by 2020/21, requires the UK Government to publish a regular UK child poverty strategy, requires the Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers to publish child poverty strategies, establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice, requires the UK Government to publish annual progress reports, and places new duties on local authorities and other “delivery partners”’ in England to work together to tackle child poverty.
Research Briefing

Welfare Reform Bill: Lords amendments

Friday, 06 November, 2009
Research Briefing

Child Labour

Tuesday, 25 November, 2008

This note sets out the scale and nature of the problems associated with child labour and details the current action being taken to try to solve the issues.
Research Briefing

Children and Adoption Bill [HL] [Bill 96 of 2005-06]

Tuesday, 07 February, 2006
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Children Bill (HL) (Bill 144 of 2003/04)

Friday, 10 September, 2004

Children Bill (HL) (Bill 144 of 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/68.
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Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill: CAFCASS, disqualification from working with children and truancy (Bill 91 1999/2000)

Friday, 24 March, 2000

Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill: Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, disqualification from working with children and truancy (Bill 91 of 1999/2000). House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/35.
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Carers and Disabled Children Bill (Bill 10 of 1999/2000)

Tuesday, 01 February, 2000

Carers and Disabled Children Bill (Bill 13 of 1999/2000). House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/10.
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Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill (Bill 18 1998/99)

Thursday, 22 April, 1999

Adoption (Intercountry Adoption) Bill (Bill 18 1998/99). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/45.

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