Child care
Child care news from UK Parliament.
Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on paternity and shared parental leave reforms
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from HR professionals, a best practice employer, and trade unions on the priorities for reform of paternity and shared parental leave during the second evidence session of its inquiry, in Parliament on Tuesday, 25 March.
21 March 2025
Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on paternity and shared parental leave
WEC to hear evidence on paternity and shared parental leave
21 February 2025
MPs want to hear people’s experiences of children’s social care
The Education Committee want to hear from people with lived experience of social services as part of their investigation into how the Government could improve children’s social care
11 April 2024
How can the incidence and impact of preterm birth be reduced?
Preterm Birth Committee launch call for evidence.
21 February 2024
Maternity services in England debated in the Lords
Members discuss delivery of antenatal care. Catch up
26 January 2024
Support for families and households subject of Lords debate
Quality of family life under spotlight. Catch up
11 December 2023
Quality of early years education up for debate in the Lords
Members discuss importance of early years education since the Covid-19 pandemic. Catch up
01 December 2023
Education Committee publishes Government response to landmark childcare report
The Education Committee has published the Government’s response to its report on supporting the childcare and early years sector
18 October 2023
MPs to debate support for childcare and the early years
MPs to debate support for childcare and the early years
10 October 2023
Gov’t ‘has more work to do’ on landmark childcare reforms, Education Committee report says
Gov’t ‘has more work to do’ on landmark childcare reforms, Education Committee report says
25 July 2023
MPs call for reform of Child Maintenance Service to help tackle child poverty
MPs call for reform of Child Maintenance Service to help tackle child poverty
26 April 2023
Universal Credit and childcare costs: Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government Response to Report
Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government response to report on Universal Credit and childcare costs.
31 March 2023
House of Lords Podcast: adult social care, and children and families
This month we speak to two members who have been leading investigations into improving adult social care and how the government has incompletely implemented the Children and Families Act.
08 December 2022
Procedure Committee publishes report on proxy voting and presence of babies in the Commons Chamber
The report is the culmination of two inquiries undertaken by the Committee
01 July 2022
Children in poverty and the Child Maintenance Service inquiry launched
The Work and Pensions Committee explores how the DWP might improve the Child Maintenance Service
23 May 2022