Read our latest parliamentary briefings. These highlight key issues for children and families, outline models of good practice and make recommendations for policy and practice.
2025
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Crime and Policing Bill Second Reading Debate - March 2025
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: House of Commons Report Stage - March 2025
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Ensuring Children’s Wellbeing by Ending the Physical Punishment of Children - February 2025
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Written Evidence to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee - February 2025
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Second Reading of the Universal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers Bill) - January 2025
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Renters’ Rights Bill: House of Commons Report Stage briefing - January 2025
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Second Reading - January 2025
2024
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Improving Cross-Government Support for Care Leavers - December 2024
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Pornography coalition: Regulating online pornographic content - November 2024
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Supporting journeys to independence: Improving support for young people when they first leave care - November 2024
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Autumn Budget 2024 briefing - October 2024
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Westminster Hall Debate on Online Safety for Children and Young People - October 2024
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Empty plates and cold homes: What it’s like to grow up in poverty in 2024 - September 2024
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Private Members Bill: Pornography advertisements in non-broadcast media - August 2024
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Our reaction to the King's Speech 2024 - July 2024
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Westminster Hall Debate on Impact of Smartphones and Social Media on Children - May 2024
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The Children's Coalition: Report Stage, Victims and Prisoners Bill Parliamentary briefing - April 2024
- Victims and Prisoners Bill: House of Lords Committee Stage briefing - January 2024
- Victims and Prisoners Bill: Provision of child-specific advocates for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence, FOI Data - January 2024
2023
- Autumn Statement Parliamentary Briefing- November 2023
- Reducing Violent Crime and Raising Confidence in Policing and the Criminal Justice System Debate on the Address - November 2023
- The Future of the NHS, King's Speech Debate - November 2023
- Knife Crime General Debate parliamentary briefing - October 2023
- Public Services Committee, House of Lords debate: A response to the Children’s Social Care Implementation Strategy - September 2023
- Online Safety Bill: House of Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments - September 2023
- Online Safety Bill: Age assurance, including age verification for pornography, harms to children and consent amendments - April 2023
- The Hewitt Review: Barnardo's briefing - April 2023
- Online Safety Bill: illegal and prohibited pornographic material - April 2023
- Illegal Migration Bill: Committee Stage briefing - March 2023
- Spring Budget 2023: Barnardo's briefing - March 2023
- Illegal Migration Bill: Second Reading briefing - March 2023
- Online Safety Bill: House of Lords Second Reading briefing - January 2023
- Online Safety Bill and Pornography: The Case for a Revised Part 5 - January 2023
2022
- Online Safety Bill: Impact of Pornography on Children - December 2022
- Online Safety Bill and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE): Barnardo's and Redthread briefing - November 2022
- Schools Bill: House of Lords Second Reading briefing - May 2022
- Online Safety Bill: Second Reading briefing - April 2022
- Health & Care Bill: House of Lords Report Stage briefing - March 2022
- Backbench Business Debate: Joint Committee report on the draft Online Safety Bill in the House of Commons - January 2022
- Health & Care Bill: House of Lords Committee Stage - January 2022
2021
- Health & Care Bill: Barnardo's position paper - December 2021
- Health & Care Bill: House of Lords Second Reading briefing - December 2021
- Budget Debates 2021: Barnardo's briefing - October 2021
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: House of Lords Committee Stage briefing - October 2021
- It Takes a Village report: Barnardo's briefing - October 2021
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: House of Lords Second Reading briefing - September 2021
- Health & Care Bill: Committee Stage briefing - September 2021
- Health & Care Bill: Second Reading briefing - July 2021
- Opposition Day Debate: Investing in Children and Young People - June 2021
- No place like home report: Barnardo's briefing - May 2021
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Committee Stage Criminal Exploitation briefing - May 2021
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Committee Stage Serious Violence Duty briefing - May 2021
- Debate on the Humble Address briefing - May 2021
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Second Reading briefing - March 2021
- Domestic Abuse Bill: Committee Stage briefing on Amendments 176 & 177 - January 2021
- Domestic Abuse Bill: House of Lords Second Reading briefing - January 2021
2020
- Briefing on the case for introducing a Kickstart ‘Premium’ to the Kickstart Scheme - December 2020
- Briefing for Education Select Committee sessions with the Education Secretary - September 2020
- Briefing for Women & Equalities Select Committee on the unequal impact of Covid-19 on BAME people - July 2020
- Briefing for the Home Affairs Select Committee on child sexual abuse, CCE, and online harms - July 2020
- Briefing for MPs & Peers: Children’s mental health and Covid-19 - July 2020
- Briefing on Child Sexual Abuse - July 2020
- Briefing for Debate on the Financial Statement - July 2020
- Domestic Abuse Bill: Remaining Stages briefing - July 2020
- Backbench Business Debate: The Impact of Covid-19 on BAME Communities - June 2020
- Briefing on the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 - June 2020
- Briefing for the Public Bill Committee: Domestic Abuse Bill – statutory duty amendment - June 2020
- Briefing for the Public Bill Committee: Domestic Abuse Bill – Impact of domestic abuse on children - June 2020
- Briefing for the Education Select Committee - May 2020
- Time for a Clean Slate: Mental Health at the Heart of Education report: Barnardo's briefing - May 2020
- Briefing for the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee - May 2020
- Briefing on children’s services funding and spending - May 2020
- Briefing on the Home Affairs Select Committee Session on Online Harms - May 2020
- Briefing for the House of Lords debate on the challenges facing the charitable and voluntary sector during the Covid-19 pandemic - April 2020
- Briefing for the DCMS Select Committee Session with Social Media Companies - April 2020
- Briefing for the Home Affairs Select Committee Session with the Home Secretary - April 2020
- Briefing for the Education Select Committee Session with the Education Secretary - April 2020
- Briefing for the Domestic Abuse Bill: Second Reading - April 2020
- Briefing for the DCMS Select Committee session with Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for DCMS - April 2020
- Briefing for the Education Select Committee session with Vicky Ford MP, Minister for Children and Families - April 2020
- Briefing for the DCMS Select Committee inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on charities - March 2020
- Briefing for the Debate on the Coronavirus Bill – 23 March 2020
- Briefing on the House of Lords oral question on the care system and adoption - January 2020
- Briefing on the House of Lords oral question on improving support for excluded children - January 2020
- Briefing for the House of Commons general debate on the Queen's Speech - January 2020
2019
- Briefing for the House of Commons general debate on children’s services - October 2019
- Domestic Abuse Bill: Second Reading briefing - October 2019
- Briefing for the House of Commons general debate on the role and sufficiency of youth services - July 2019
- Briefing on the general debate on the Government's knife crime policy - June 2019
- Briefing on the general debate on the Government's plans to support victims of domestic violence and abuse - June 2019
- Briefing on funding and spending on children's services - February 2019
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