Consultations

BIS: Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business has launched a review to consider whether there are failures in corporate governance and the markets.  

The call for evidence (by Friday 14h January 2011)- A Long Term Focus for Corporate Britain - aims to investigate issues including; the problems of short-termism, investor engagement, directors’ remuneration and (following on from last week’s announcement by the Takeover Panel) the economic case for takeovers.
Press release ~  A Long-Term Focus for Corporate Britain: A Call for Evidence
 
CQC: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has launched a consultation (closes on 17 January 2011) on the fees it proposes to charge providers of health & adult social care. These fees cover CQC’s work in registering providers & monitoring their compliance with essential levels of safety & quality.
 
The consultation sets out proposals to simplify fees and put in place a single long-term scheme that will cover all providers registered now and those who will be registered from April 2011.  It proposes a framework for how fees will be charged based on principles such as fairness, simplicity and proportionality.
Press release ~ Consultation on registration fees scheme
 
LLUK:  Lifelong Learning UK are working with the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) and other partner organisations towards a reformed & integrated children, young people and families workforce. As part of this work, CWDC is commencing consultation on a proposed foundation degree framework for integrated youth support. Please send all consultation response sheets directly to the Open University, c.I.brisland@open.ac.uk by 12 November 2010.
Press release ~ Draft foundation degree framework for integrated youth support ~ Question sheet to support framework document
 
Newswire – JSC:   The Justice Select Committee, chaired by Sir Alan Beith, is to launch an inquiry into the draft sentencing guideline on assault.  As the Committee wishes to report back to the Sentencing Council in line with its timetable for consultation, submissions should be received by 10 November 2010. should be received .
Press release ~ Justice Select Committee ~ Submission of Evidence 
 
NIA: The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Justice has called on people here to participate in the recently launched consultation by the Department of Justice on a Sentencing Guidelines Mechanism.  

The Committee was recently briefed on the consultation exercise which is seeking views on the current sentencing arrangements and what role a Sentencing Guidelines Council might have. The consultation exercise ends on Tuesday 18 January 2011.
Press release ~ Consultation on a sentencing guidelines mechanism
 
HEFCEHEFCE, Universities UK (UUK), GuildHE and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) would like to encourage responses to the consultations to develop the quality assurance system for higher education (HE) in England and Northern Ireland. The QAA's consultation (to apply from academic year 2011-12) will run until 26 November 2010.
 
Two further consultations are planned:
* HEFCE, UUK and GuildHE will publish a joint consultation in late November or early December 2010 on changes to the information that institutions publish about HE.  This will run until March 2011.
* QAA will consult the sector from late November 2010 on revisions to the UK-wide Academic Infrastructure.
Press release ~ Browne Review: Securing a sustainable future for higher education in England
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