Deadline Date: | National Consultations (Sorted By Deadline Date) |
| 16/8/08 | Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 - Adult Protection Committees The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 creates a legislative framework for supporting and protecting adults at risk, and includes an obligation on councils to establish multi-agency Adult Protection Committees (APCs). Section 47 of the Act requires APCs and councils to have regard to guidance issued by Scottish ministers about their functions, which include procedures, inter-agency and multi-disciplinary working and protocols, training, information sharing, appropriate membership, audit, review, dissemination and reporting of activity. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/05/21163507/0 |
| 29/8/08 | The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (Deadline: 29/8/08) The purpose of the consultation is to seek comments on the draft Adoption Agencies Regulations which will replace the regulations that currently provide for the operation of the adoption service by adoption agencies in Scotland.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/07/01141306/0
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| 4/9/08 | Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act - Designation of Competent Persons Regulations 2008 This consultation invites comments on draft regulations which set out the qualifications and other requirements of Health Board and Local Authority competent persons to carry out the functions assigned to them in the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Bill. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/05/30095045/0 |
| 8/9/08 | Learning to Drive Consultation Department of Transport consultation seeks views on proposals for a major review in the way people learn to drive. It covers the reasons why change is important and how the public can be involved in the process. http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/dsalearningtodrive |
| 8/9/08 | Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill The Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill will create the legal and administrative framework for the distribution of money from cash accounts that have been dormant for fifteen years or more. This money must be distributed to the third sector, for social and environmental benefit. The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) will be the body responsible for distributing this money across the UK. The first stage of the process, an initial scoping seminar was held on 13 May. 2008. The seminar, hosted by the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, sought broad views on potential priorities and highlighted key themes and issues. Participants included BIG, national umbrella and intermediary bodies and the voluntary sector networks. The event gave shape to the themes for discussion in the second stage of the process which will comprise a series of public events, an on-line web survey and a consultation exercise. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/06/ACCOUNTS |
| 9/9/08 | Consultation on Alcohol Misuse The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on a number of new proposals for tackling alcohol misuse in Scotland as part of the Scottish Government's long term strategic approach to the issue. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/06/16084348/0 |
| 15/9/08 | Consultation on Marches and Parades This consultation paper asks for the views of march organisers and community organisations on how the recent changes to the way that marches and parades are handled has affected them. Scottish Government wants to know whether you think the changes have made a positive difference to how marches and parades are handled by local authorities and other bodies with statutory roles, and whether there is anything that could be done better.
While the consultation closes on 29th August, we will be accepting responses until 15th September 2008.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/06/04103028/0 |
| 19/9/08 | Homeless Persons (Provision of Non-permanent accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations This consultation seeks views on proposed new Regulations made under section 32A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 and guidance required to support these. Section 32A enables Ministers to define circumstances in which accommodation which is not permanent may be provided for unintentionally homeless households in priority need. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/06/20080300/0 |
| 19/9/08 | Safeguarding our rural schools and improving school consultation procedures: Proposals for changes to legislation This consultation will seek views on proposals to improve the way school closures are handled and ensure the decision to close a rural school is one of last resort. Our objective is to establish a system that is coherent, easy to understand, fair and transparent. Above all we want a system that has the trust and confidence of the public. Please visit http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/04/25131457/0 |
| 26/9/08 | Independent Healthcare Services Regulated by the Care Commission. Consultation on additional Regulations The Purpose of this consultation is to seek agreement on proposed regulations which will place requirements on providers of independent healthcare services regulated by the Care Commission. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/07/Consultation1043
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| 1/10/08 | The Adoption Information (Scotland) Regulations and The Adoption (Disclosure) of Information (Scotland) Regulations (Deadline: 1/10/08)
Third in a series of consultations on regulations to support the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. This consultation covers the collection of information and disclosure in adoption cases.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/08/12093247/0 |
| 8/10/08 | The Adoption (Supervision Requirement Report) Regulations (Deadline: 8/10/08) These regulations apply where an application for a Permanence Order is before a court and the Children’s Hearings proposes to make or modify a supervision requirement.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/08/12093331/0 |
| 15/10/08 | Forced Marriage Statutory Guidance: Consultation Paper (Deadline: 15/10/08) Foreign and Commonwealth Office Teenage foreign brides and bridegrooms are to be barred from entering Britain on marriage visas under measures announced to tackle forced weddings.
The minimum age at which British citizens can sponsor a foreigner to enter the country as a spouse is to rise from 18 to 21. Records show that on average 30% of known forced marriage cases involve victims aged 21 and younger. Proponents hope that raising the minimum age for a marriage visa will help protect men and women being forced into wedlock. Other key proposals include: asking foreign spouses to learn English before they come to the UK; revoking leave to remain visas if border officers suspect the marriage is forced; requiring people to register their intention to marry overseas before they leave the UK for the wedding; ensuring that specialist teams are trained to identify people who might be at risk of being forced into an unwanted marriage.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/forcedmarriage-consultation |
| 24/10/08 | Action on Climate Change: Proposals for improving the energy performance of existing non-domestic buildings Consultation containing proposals for primary legislation on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from existing non-domestic buildings.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Consultations
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| 24/10/08 | Better Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Care Coronary Heart Disease and stroke continues to be one of the clinical priorities of NHSScotland, not least because much cardiovascular disease can be prevented, and because of its association with significant health inequalities. The national strategy is being refreshed to bring it into line with Better Health, Better Care. This consultation emphasises the importance we attach to making sure that people in Scotland with heart disease or who have had a stroke get access to care that stands in comparison with the best elsewhere in the world. We would like to see contributions from people who have any form of cardiac disease or who have had a stroke, their families and carers, the voluntary sector organisations which act as the advocates of people with any kind of cardiovascular disease, and those who have a personal or professional interest in any of the issues covered by the consultation document. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Consultations |
| 31/10/08 | Wheelchair and Seating Services Action Plan Proposed improvements to Wheelchair and Seating Services in Scotland.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/08/04102245/0
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| 31/10/08 | A Consultation on the Next Generation of National Qualifications in Scotland
The Scottish Government wants a qualifications system that works for all young people. This consultation sets out a range of proposals designed to ensure that National Qualifications equip young people for the demands of the Twenty-first Century. In the Foreword to the document, Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, says: "we must ensure that our qualifications system helps to deliver the values, purposes and principles of Curriculum for Excellence".
The consultation was launched on 10th June and runs to 31st October. It will be accompanied by a series of events and seminars to give the education and wider community a chance to discuss the issues involved.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/06/09084232/0 |
| 31/10/08 | Strengthening for the Future - a Consultation on the reform of the Children's Hearings System Proposals for action aimed at improving the support provided by the Children's Hearings system, through a more streamlined, consistent and less bureaucratic approach and, in the longer term, to help deliver better outcomes for Scotland's most vulnerable children.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/08/01110537/0
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| 20/11/08 | Video Games Consultation (Deadline: 20/11/08)
As part of the Government’s implementation of the Byron Review recommendations on children and new media, the Department for Culture Media and Sport is seeking views from gamers, children, parents, the games industry, retailers and other stakeholders on the current classification system for video games.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/consultations/5345.aspx |
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