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Draft Budget October 2008, 7/10/08 [W]

The Welsh Assembly Government’s One Wales budget for the next two years was set out by Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery, Andrew Davies on Tuesday 7 October 2008.

Funding for Sexual Assault Referral Centres, 7/10/2008 [W/E]

Additional funding is being provided to enable Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCS) to be established in all parts of England and Wales.

Review of substance misuse services, 6/10/2008 [W]

The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has begun a review into the treatment of substance misuse in Wales.

Concluding observations for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 3/10/08 [W/E/S/NI]

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child published its concluding observations for the UK on Friday 3 October 2008.

Learner Travel (Wales) Measure Passed by National Assembly for Wales, 30/9/08 [W]

The National Assembly for Wales passed the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure during the Plenary Session of 30 September 2008.

Minister outlines further details of NHS Reorganisation, 30/9/08 [W]

Health Minister, Edwina Hart, set out further details of the planned NHS Reorganisation during the plenary session of 30 September 2008.

UK Council for Child Internet Safety Launched, 29/9/08 [W]

UK Council for Child Internet Safety was launched on 29 September 2008. The establishment of such a council was a key recommendation in Dr Tanya Byron’s Report, ‘Safer Children in a Digital World’.

Child Poverty Legislation Planned, 23/09/08 [W/E/NI/S]

The Prime Minister has said the UK Government will enshrine in law the target of abolishing child poverty by 2020.

Cricketing legend to speak at Parents Week conference, 23/09/08 [W]

Robert Croft, cricketing legend and father, will be speaking at Children in Wales’ Parents Week Conference on the 23rd October in Builth Wells.

Local Service Improvement Measure, 22/09/08 [W]

Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, Dr Brian Gibbons, has published proposals to change the way local authorities, national parks and fire and rescue authorities account for the local services they provide.

UK to sign UNCRC in full, 19/09/08 [W/E/NI/S]

The UK government has decided to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in full.

Child Poverty Solutions website launched, 18/09/08 [W]

A new website designed to help councils and their partners develop local responses to reducing child poverty has been launched.

Suicide and the internet - updating the law, 17/09/08 [W/E/NI/S]

The law on assisting suicide is to be simplified to increase public understanding and reassure people that it applies as much on the internet as it does off-line, UK Justice Minister, Maria Eagle has said.

CEOP reveals online child sex offender tactics, 12/09/08 [W/E/NI/S]

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) reports that child sex offenders are using increasingly intimidating tactics to engage with and exploit children, with some paedophiles running several e-mail accounts and sending out hundreds of messages to children each day.

MPs call for sex education in primary schools, 25/08/08 [W]

A group of Welsh Labour MPs have issued a call for the Welsh Assembly Government to make sex education a compulsory part of the curriculum in all schools.

Tougher travel rules for child sex offenders, 20/08/08 [W/E/NI/S]

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced new measures to strengthen the travel restrictions on convicted child sex offenders.

Call to adopt UK Bill of Rights 10/08/08 [W/E/NI/S]

The UK government should adopt a Bill of Rights for the UK, a cross-party committee of MPs and peers has urged.

Court bans physical restraint methods used on children in custody, 28/07/08 [W/E]

The Court of Appeal has outlawed the use of physical restraint methods on young people held in secure training centres.

Crackdown on forced marriages, 25/07/08 [W/E/NI/S]

The Home Office has announced that the age at which young people can enter the UK on a marriage visa is to be increased from 18 to 21.

Welsh Assembly Government’s Legislative Programme 2008-09, 16/07/08 [W]

The First Minister has announced the Welsh Assembly Government's new legislative programme for 2008-9.

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