MONDAY 13 OCTOBER
No votes scheduled
TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER
Young Carers (Educational and Employment Support) Bill
Requires schools to maintain a record of pupils with caring responsibilities, and provide support to them. Ten minute rule motion presented by Liz Jarvis.
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Welsh Language Provision) Bill
Requires birth, death, or marriage certificate issued in Wales to be issued in both English and Welsh. Requires birth certificates in English to be bilingual if one of the parents is a Welsh speaker. Requires death certificates in England to be bilingual if the deceased person lived in Wales or was a Welsh speaker. Ten minute rule motion presented by Alex Barros-Curtis.
Mental Health Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part)
Updates the Mental Health Act 1983 to change when and how people can be sectioned (detained in hospital without their consent). Narrows the criteria for detention, gives patients more rights to challenge their detention, and stops the Act being used to detain people with autism or learning disabilities unless they also have a mental illness, among other things. Started in the Lords.
WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER
Police and Crime Commissioners (Accountability and Review) Bill
Requires the government to review the operation and functions of police and crime commissioners (PCCs), including options abolishing or replacing the position. Introduces measures to assess the performance of PCCs and set priorities for them. Ten minute rule motion presented by Matt Western.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Guarantees producers of sustainable aviation fuel (a greener alternative to paraffin) a stable price for their fuel, reducing financial risk and making it easier for them to secure investment. The guarantee is funded by a levy on traditional aviation fuel suppliers.
THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Enables the UK to implement a recent UN convention to protect the two-thirds of the ocean that lies beyond any country's jurisdiction.
FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER
No votes scheduled
PREVIOUS VOTES
Passed
- Employment Rights Bill – goes back to Lords
- Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill – goes to second reading
- Sentencing Bill – goes to committee of whole House
American here. I'm surprised the ability add Welsh to documents in Wales wasn't a devolved power to the Welsh government. Why would anyone from outside Wales care or have standing to care about what language is on things like this so long as there's some bit in english for standards?
My guess is that these documents have to be the same across the UK and so they don't have the power to officially provide them in Welsh.
Cool. Thanks for posting. It's nice to hear about a government that isnt currently playing a game of funding chicken.