All Party Parliamentary Group
NCB clerks the All Party Parliamentary Group
for Children (APPGC), whose members include more than 100 peers and
MPs who want to keep up to date with children and young people's
issues. The group meets approximately once a month.
The APPGC was established in the 1980s.
Throughout its history, the group has played a significant role in
reports on conditions for children in care, the passage of the
Children Acts 1989 and 2004, the introduction of video-links in
child abuse trials, and the campaign for Children’s Rights
Commissioners in the UK (with that work brought to fruition by the
devolved legislatures). It has also overseen work undertaken by NCB
and the Children’s Legal Centre on the development of child impact
assessment.
Parliamentary Year 2010-11
During the 2010-11 Parliamentary Year, the
APPGC will be holding a series of meetings centred around the theme
of 'Children and Recession'. The group will be having
meetings on the Comprehensive Spending Review, the Review into
Poverty and Life Chances, Pupil Voice and Children in the
Health Service. Alongside the themed meetings there will be
meetings on the Bills relevant to children and young people.
The next APPGC meeting will be on:
- The Independent Review of Early Intervention with Graham Allen
MP Monday 20th June
Latest APPGC minutes:
For earlier meetings, see our archived
meeting minutes.
Youth Justice Report
In the 2009-2010
Parliamentary Year, the theme of the APPGC was Children in the
Youth Justice System involving a series of meetings on issues
ranging from prevention and entry to resettlement. The
discussions and conclusions held in these meetings were brought
together into the report 'Children and Young People in the
Youth Justice System'. The conclusions show widespread concern
about young people’s experiences of the youth justice system as
well as overwhelming disquiet about the current age of criminal
responsibility in England and Wales. This report was presented to
the Minister for Youth Justice, Crispin Blunt MP on 6th December
2010.
Download a copy of the report here [565Kb]
Officers elected (21 June 2010)
- Chair: Baroness Massey of Darwen (Labour)
- Vice-Chairs: Kate Green MP (Labour), Baroness
Walmsley (Lib Dem), Jessica Lee MP (Conservative),
Baroness Blood (Labour).
- Secretary: Baroness Howarth of Breckland (crossbencher)
- Treasurer: Earl of Listowel (crossbencher)
Contact:
Sally Cole, Senior Policy Officer
Tel: 020 7843 6013
Email: scole@ncb.org.uk