Policy Watch Northern Ireland

Video Games Consultation

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 asking for views from children, parents, the games industry, retailers and other interested parties on the classification system for video games. The results of the consultation will be used to develop a system to protect children from inappropriate content.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Closing Date: Thursday 20 November 2008

Consultation on Review of Irish-medium Education

A consultation on various ways of educating children through the medium of Irish. These include different models of immersion: learning entirely through Irish; and learning partially through Irish and partially through English.

Closing Date: Saturday 10 January 2009

Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill

Would introduce the legal changes necessary to allow unclaimed assets in dormant bank accounts to be redistributed to worthy causes. The intention is for a significant portion of the money to be spent on services for young people.

HM Treasury

Drugs (Reclassification) Bill 2007-08

Private members' bill to increase the classification on cannabis.

Christopher Chope MP

Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill 2007-08

Private members' bill mainly concerned with the sale of age-restricted products to children online.

Margaret Moran MP

Voting Age (Reduction) Bill

Private members' bill to reduce the voting age for parliamentary and other elections to 16.

Julie Morgan MP