AcSSPolicy Monitor4/2014

April 2014

All items listed in closing date order for submissions

Highlighted items appeared in a previous Policy Monitor

A.Select Committee inquiries

23 April 2014

House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

GM foods and application of the precautionary principle in Europe

23 April 2014

House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

Business-University collaboration

24 April 2014

House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee

Linking emission trading systems

30 April 2014

House of Commons Justice Committee

Impact of changes to civil legal aid under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

30 April 2014

House of Commons Justice Committee

Mesothelioma claims

2 May 2014

House of Commons/British Youth Council Youth Select Committee

Inquiry into lowering voting age to 16

7 May 2014

House of Commons Home Affairs Committee

Policing and mental health

8 May 2014

House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee

Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

8 May 2014

House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Waste management in England

14 May 2014

House of Commons Home Affairs Committee

Gangs and youth crime

6 June 2014

Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee

Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill - Call for written evidence

B. UK Consultations

22 April

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Proposal to simplify the information requirements for advertising of medicinal products to prescribers and suppliers of medicines

23 April 2014

Ministry of Justice

Review of veterans within the Criminal Justice System: call for evidence

25 April 2014

Department of Health

Medical innovation: proposals to make clinical negligence law clearer

25 April 2014

Scottish Government

Rural Affairs and the Environment: Consultation on the Research Strategy for 2016-2021.

28 April 2014

Northern Ireland Office

Increasing the transparency of donations and loans to Northern Ireland political parties

25 April 2014

Scottish Government

Consultation on Scottish Regulators' Strategic Code of Practice

25 April 2014

Public Health England

Developing a national activity approach

25 April 2014

Department of Health

Statutory duty of candour for health and adult social care providers

25 April 2014

Department of Health

Fit and proper person's test regulations

28 April 2004

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

British Film Institute Triennial Review

28 April 2014

Scottish Government

Consultation on Scottish Regulators' Strategic Code of Practice

30 April 2014

Welsh Government

Prevention of Offending by Young People

30 April 2014

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Medium term strategy for Catapult centres: Hauser review - call for feedback

30 April 2014

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

High speed rail college: possible location

30 April 2014

Department for Education

Fairer schools funding 2015 to 2016

30 April 2014

Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Science Advisory Council (SAC) and the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) Triennial Review 2014

1 May 2014

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship funding reform in England: payment mechanisms and funding principles

2 May 2014

Department for Transport

Transport resilience review: call for evidence

4 May 2014

Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning performance and planning contributions

6 May 2014

Department for Transport

Bus registration: Competition Commission recommendations

6 May 2014

Department for Communities and Local Government

Draft transparency code for parish councils

8 May 2014

H M Treasury

Theatre tax relief

9 May 2014

Welsh Government

Consultation on eligibility regulations regarding allocation of housing and homelessness assistance

9 May 2014

Department for Culture, Media and Sports

Proposed abolition of the Advisory Council on Libraries

9 May 2014

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Refuse-derived fuel market in England: call for evidence

9 May 2014

Welsh Government

Consultation on eligibility regulations regarding allocation of housing and homelessness assistance

12 May 2014

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Implementing marketing standards and labelling requirements for fishery and aquaculture products

12 May 2014

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Common Fisheries Policy: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in the UK (2014 to 2020)

16 May 2014

Department for Education

Independent inspectorates: regulations and advice

16 May 2014

Welsh Government

Balancing the responsibilities for skills investment: proposals for co-investment in post-19 adult skills delivery

19 May 2014

Scottish Government

Scottish Safety Camera Programme Review Consultation

22 May 2014

Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions

Child poverty: a draft strategy

22 May 2014

Department for Education

Childminder agencies and changes to the local authority role

23 May 2014

Department for Communities and Local Government

Review of local authority role in housing supply: call for evidence

27 May 2014

Department for Communities and Local Government

Proposal to use a legislative reform order to set up town and parish councils

30 May 2014

Welsh Government

Consultation on the Statutory Guidance on Securing Sufficient Play Opportunities

30 May 2014

Prime Minister’s Office

The Holocaust Commission: keeping the memory alive

3 June 2014

Department for Business Innovation and Skills

Alternative dispute resolution for consumers

3 June 2014

Department for Education

Home to school travel and transport guidance

6 June 2014

Scottish Government

Getting it Right for Young Performers - Consultation on the arrangements for ensuring the wellbeing of children involved in performances

11 June 2014

H M Treasury

Freedom and choice in pensions

13 June 2014

Welsh Government

Curriculum for Wales: Phase 1 - revised literacy and numeracy arrangements

19 June 2014

Department for Education

Savings to the education services grant for 2015 to 2016

21 June 2014

H M Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs

Implementing a capital gains tax charge on non-residents

24 June 2014

Welsh Government

Public Health White Paper

27 June 2014

Welsh Government

Protecting Adults at Risk in Wales - Draft Guidance

30 June 2014

Foreign and Commonwealth office

EU enlargement: Review of the balance of competences

30 June 2014

Foreign and Commonwealth office

Subsidiarity and proportionality: Review of the balance of competences

30 June 2014

Department for Education and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Education, vocational training and youth: Review of the balance of competences

1 July 2014

Ministry of Justice

Balance of competence review: information rights

2 July 2014

H M Treasury

Voting, consular and statistics: Review of the balance of competences

4 July 2014

H M Treasury

Economic and monetary policy: Review of the balance of competences

4 July 2014

Welsh Government

Water Strategy for Wales

C. EC Consultations

28 April 2014

European Commission: Energy

Open consultation on the progress towards the 2020 energy efficiency objective and a 2030 energy efficiency policy framework

13 June 2014

European Commission: Mobility and transport

Promoting the development of harmonised carbon footprinting measures for both freight and passenger transport services in Europe

16 June 2014

European Commission: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Seabed mining

William Solesbury/8 April 2014