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Bill
Children (Parental Imprisonment) Bill 2023-24
Presented by Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
Summary

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish national policy guidelines in respect of children with a parent in prison, including for the identification of the children of prisoners at the point of sentence and for accountability for providing support to the children of prisoners; and for connected purposes.


Bill
Supported Housing (Regulation) Bill 2019-21
Presented by Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
Summary

A Bill to regulate supported housing; to make provision about local authority oversight and the enforcement of standards of accommodation and support in supported housing; to prohibit the placing of children in care in unregulated accommodation; and for connected purposes.


Bill
Food Waste (Reduction) Bill 2015-16
Presented by Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
Summary

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for a scheme to establish incentives to implement and encourage observance of the food waste reduction hierarchy; to encourage individuals, businesses and public bodies to reduce the amount of food they waste; to require large supermarkets, manufacturers and distributors to reduce their food waste by no less than 30 per cent by 2025 and to enter into formal agreements with food redistribution organisations; to require large supermarkets and food manufacturers to disclose levels of food waste in their supply chain; and for connected purposes.


Bill
Food Waste Bill 2010-12
Presented by Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
Summary

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require large food retailers and large food manufacturers to take steps to reduce food waste and donate surplus food to charities for redistribution and, where food is unfit for human consumption, to make it available for livestock feed in preference over disposal; to encourage and incentivise all other businesses and public bodies which generate food waste to donate a greater proportion of their surplus for redistribution; to protect from civil and criminal liability food donors and recipient agencies where food has been donated in good faith; and for connected purposes.


Bill
Kinship Carers (Parental Responsibility Agreements) Bill 2010-12
Presented by Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
Summary

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision to extend the system of parental responsibility agreements to enable a kinship carer to obtain parental responsibility for a child they are raising without having to bring a case to court; and for connected purposes


Bill
Animals (Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017-19
Presented by Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
Summary

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to impose a duty on public bodies in relation to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings.