Active Consultations

The Sentencing Council are consulting on their guidelines for assault offences for the courts to use when passing a sentence.

This consultation seeks views on areas of the Plastic Packaging Tax which have been further refined as the government move closer to the implementation date of April 2022.

A growing number of people want to prove their age through a digital system on their phone rather than or as well as using physical proof of age cards. The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on whether or not PASS should extend its remit to cover the use of Digital Proof of Age (DPoA) as well as physical forms of Proof of Age.

The House of Lords Select Committee on Public Services, set up to examine the transformation of public services to ensure that they are fit for the 21st century, will look into what the COVID-19 experience can tell us about their future role, priorities and shape.

The inquiry will focus on four key areas:

• Integration of services
• Inequalities in access and outcome
• Relationships between local and national services
• The role of civil society (private sector, charities, volunteers and community groups) during the pandemic.

The government are keen to understand what steps fuel retailers are already taking to improve the consumer user experience of public charging points and if there are any barriers that may be preventing progress in this area

HMRC are inviting views on draft legislation to introduce rules on the taxation of coronavirus business support grants.