Our new report and supporting materials provide a look at the lives of young carers and their families:
Parliamentary briefings
We provide a range of parliamentary briefings on a range of subjects, including:
- 2013 Queen's speech debates
- Children and Families Bill
- Care Bill
- runaways and child sexual exploitation
- our Fair and Square campaign
- welfare reform
- legal aid
- education
- disabled children
- well-being and children's rights
- trafficking
- refugees and migrants
2013 Queen's speech debates
Cost of living debate - May 2013
Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill and Immigration Bill - Home Affairs debate - May 2013
Care Bill
National Young Carers Coalition briefing - House of Lords Second Reading - May 2013
National Young Carers Coalition briefing - May 2013
Children and Families Bill
Alliance for Reform of the Children's Commissioner briefing - House of Commons Second Reading - February 2013
Runaways and child sexual exploitation
Early Intervention and the Role of Police and Crime Commissioners - Westminister Hall Debate - December 2012
Child Sexual Exploitation - Backbench Debate - November 2012
Debate on the Standard of Services for Looked After Children - House of Lords Debate - October 2012
Sexting and risk of sexual grooming - Parliamentary Debate - April 2012
Make Runaways Safe Briefing - July 2011
Young Runaways and Child Sexual Exploitation Debate - Westminster Hall Debate - June 2011
Fair and Square campaign
Briefing on free school meals and the pupil premium - Westminster Hall Debate - April 2013
Briefing on food poverty at Christmas - Westminster Hall Debate - December 2012
Briefing on the provision of free school meals in colleges - Westminister Hall Debate - June 2012
Briefing on nutritional standards of school meals - House of Lords Debate - June 2012
Extending free school meals to all children in families in receipt of universal credit in Wales - May 2012
Current provision of free school meals in Wales - May 2012
Welfare Reform
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill Report State - amendment removing children's benefits - House of Lords - March 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill Report Stage - House of Lords - March 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill Committee Stage - House of Lords - February 2013
Universal Credit regulations - House of Commons - February 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill Second Reading - House of Lords - February 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill Final Stages – House of Commons - January 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill - House of Commons - January 2013
Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) Regulations 2012 - House of Commons - November 2012
Debate on government support towards the additional living costs of disabled people - Westminister Hall debate - October 2012
Welfare Reform Bill - Consideration of Commons Amendments - House of Lords - February 2012
Welfare Reform Bill - Third reading - House of Lords - January 2012
Welfare Reform Bill - Consideration of Lords Amendments - House of Commons - February 2012
Welfare Reform Bill - Benefit Cap Amendments - House of Lords Report Stage - January 2012
Welfare Reform Bill - Transition Amendments - House of Lords Report Stage - January 2012
Welfare Reform Bill - Benefit Cap Amendments - House of Lords Committee Stage - November 2011
Welfare Reform Bill - Second Reading - House of Lords - September 2011
Welfare Reform Bill - Benefit Cap and High Childcare Costs - House of Commons Committee Stage - May 2011
Welfare Reform Bill - Childcare Costs Under Univeral Credit - House of Commons Committee Stage - May 2011
Welfare Reform Bill - Impact of Government Policies on Disabled People - House of Commons Committee Stage - May 2011
Legal Aid
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - House of Commons - April 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - House of Commons - Refugee Children's Consortium - April 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - Third Reading House of Lords - March 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - Third Reading House of Lords - Refugee Children's Consortium - March 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - House of Lords Report Stage - Refugee Children's Consortium - March 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - House of Lords Report Stage - March 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - House of Lords Committee Stage - January 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - House of Lords Committee Stage - Refugee Children's Consortium -January 2012
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - House of Lords Committee Stage - Refugee Children's Consortium - November 2011
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - Clause 128 - The Standing Committee for Youth Justice - November 2011
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - Second Reading - House of Lords - November 2011
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - Third Reading - House of Commons - November 2011
Debate on Legal Aid - Westminster Hall Debate - May 2011
Education
Education Bill – Clauses 2 and 3 - House of Lords Committe Stage - June 2011
Education Bil - Appeals - House of Lords Committe Stage - June 2011
Education Bill - Third Reading - House of Commons - May 2011
Disabled children
Disabled Children and Health Services - Adjournment Debate - December 2011
Support for Disabled Young People - Westmnister Hall Debate - September 2011
Impact of Government Policies on Disabled People - Westminster Hall Debate - May 2011
Well-being and children's rights
Debate on child development in the UK and its bearing on national well-being - House of Lords - October 2012
Children’s Subjective Well-being - Adjournment Debate - January 2012
Briefing on Well-being - June 2011
Briefing on the Response to the Riots Debate - House of Commons - September 2011
Trafficking
Human Trafficking and the Need for a National Rapporteur - Westminster Hall Debate - February 2012
Protection of Freedoms Bill - Legal Advocates for Trafficked Children - House of Lords - Refugee Children's Consortium - February 2012
Debate on Trafficking of Adults and Children into and within the UK - House of Lords - February 2012
Briefing on Child Trafficking - October 2011
Refugees and migrants
Briefing on asylum support for children and young people - Westminster Hall Debate - February 2013
Briefing on the role and performance of the UKBA - House of Lords - July 2012
Briefing on Crime and Courts Bill - House of Lords Committee Stage - Refugee Children's Consortium - June 2012
Briefing on Destitution among Young Refugees and Migrants - March 2012
Briefing on Access to Higher Education for Refugee Young People - Refugee Children's Consortium - November 2011
Submission to Child Protection Inquiry - Refugee Children's Consortium - October 2011
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