Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 02/01/25.
Research briefing: Debate on access to children’s social media accounts – House of Commons Library
20 December 2024. There will be a debate on e-petition 661407 (parental/guardian access to children’s social media accounts) on 13 January 2025 in Westminster Hall, led by Lewis Atkinson MP:
Link: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2024-0182/
Research briefing: Tackling violence against women and girls – House of Commons Library
20 December 2024. A general debate on tackling violence against women and girls is scheduled to take place in the House of Commons Chamber on Thursday 9 January 2025:
Link: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2024-0183/
Policy paper: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024: policy summary – Department for Education
18 December 2024. Information on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-bill-2024-policy-summary
Notice: Online Safety Act – illegal content codes of practice 2024: explanatory memorandum – Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
17 December 2024. This explanatory memorandum has been prepared by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and is laid before Parliament by Command of his Majesty:
Article: Landmark Bill seeks to keep children safe, says Phillipson – BBC News Online
17 December 2024, Vanessa Clarke and Hayley Clarke. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has told the BBC that the introduction of a “landmark” children’s bill “will seek to keep children safe”:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7r579z0x5o
Research: Challenge Area 1: Children and Young People’s Mental Health – Kings College London
December 2024. Three quarters of mental health conditions are apparent by age 24, with evidence of a rise in certain conditions since the pandemic in adolescents and young people. Children and young people’s unmet mental health needs are at their highest and are severely overrepresented in deprived areas. In the last decade, the UK government has made policy commitments to enhance children and young people’s mental health:
Link: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/challenge-area-1-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health