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