Robert Long

1 month ago | commonslibrary.parliament.uk | David Foster |Nerys Roberts |Patrick Brione |Robert Long

Bill stagesThe Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was introduced into the Commons on 17 December 2024. It had its second reading on 8 January 2025 and completed it Commons committee stage 11 February 2025. At the time of writing, a date for the bill’s report stage and third reading had not been set. This briefing provides an overview of the progress of the bill through the House of Commons prior to report stage.

2 months ago | commonslibrary.parliament.uk | David Foster |Patrick Brione |Robert Long |Stephanie Cunningham

The Employment Rights Bill 2024-25 was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October 2024 and received its second reading on 21 October 2024. It is bill 11 of the 2024-25 parliamentary session. It is listed for report stage in the Commons on 11 March 2025. Most of the bill applies to England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland where employment law is devolved.

Jan 21, 2025 | medium.com | Robert Long

Robert A. Long·Follow8 min read·--“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things. Therefore, free from desire, you can see the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only manifestations. Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source.

Jan 9, 2025 | commonslibrary.parliament.uk | Robert Long

Schools in England are not required to have a uniform, although the Department for Education (DfE) strongly recommends that they do so. School governing bodies decide what a school’s uniform policy should be. The Department for Education expects schools to take account of its published guidance when developing those policies. In 2021, legislation was passed for statutory guidance to be put in place to ensure school uniform costs do not become excessive.

Jan 31, 2024 | commonslibrary.parliament.uk | Robert Long

Current positionThere have been longstanding concerns that children born towards the end of the school year – in England, summer-born children – suffer adverse educational impacts by virtue of starting school at a younger age than their peers. To accommodate these concerns, a degree of flexibility is provided in England whereby a parent may request that a summer-born child is admitted to school outside of their normal age group.