Our work in parliament

NCB and associated fora and councils provide parliamentarians with briefings to inform debates on new legislation. You can view these briefings as downloadable PDFs from the links below.

Our briefings for this parliamentary year (2012/2013):

Children and Families Bill: Committee Stage in the House of Commons (April 2013)

NCB briefing - proposed new clause on inspection reports
NCB briefing - proposed new clause on registration of births
NCB briefing - proposed new clause on monitoring provision of childrens centres
NCB briefing - proposes new clauses on child to staff ratios
NCB amendment briefing for Committee Stage

Children and Families Bill - Second Reading in the House of Commons (25th Feb)

NCB Briefing - February 2013

Backbench debate on protecting future generations from violence against women and girls (14 February)

Sex Education Forum briefing - February 2013

Government proposals to relax staff to child ratios in early years settings

National Childrens Bureau briefing  - January 2013

House of Commons debate on the Government's Review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) - Barbara Keeley MP

Joint National Children's Bureau and Sex Education Forum briefing - January 2013

Briefings from the parliamentary year 2010/2012

Education Bill
Second Reading (House of Lords) June 2011
Committee Stage - Statutory PSHE
(House of Lords) June 2011
Second Reading (House of Commons) February 2011

Health and Social Care Bill

Report Stage - Briefing on integration (with NHF Homeless Link and St Mungo's) (House of Lords) March 2012
Report Stage - Children's sector joint briefing
(House of Lords) February 2012
Second Reading (House of Lords) October 2011
Children's sector joint statement (House of Lords) October 2011
Re-commitment
 (House of Commons) June 2011
Children's sector joint statement
(House of Commons) February 2011
Second Reading (House of Commons) February 2011

Welfare Reform Bill
EDCM briefing, Report Stage (House of Lords) December 2011
EDCM briefing, Second Reading (House of Commons) February 2011

Disabled Access to Transport, Westminster Hall Debate
NCB and Young NCB briefing October 2011

Academies Bill
Second Reading (House of Commons) July 2010
Second Reading (House of Lords) June 2010

Sex and Relationships Education [Private Members] Bill
Second Reading (House of Commons) February 2011
First Reading (House of Commons) September 2010


View our previous parliamentary briefings here