Hidden costs of inadequate housing, 1996

Submitted by: YWCA  The NCW in Conference assembled calls on HM Government to strengthen mechanisms for inter-departmental consultation and co-operation to ensure that the hidden costs of homelessness or inadequate housing in relation to health, education and...

Facilities for the care of the mentally ill, 1997

Submitted by: Health Special Committee  NCW in Conference assembled, calls on HMG to improve facilities for the care of the mentally ill by: (a) providing more funding for psychiatric nurses and other support workers in the community; and (b) ensuring that there...

Special educational needs, 1998

Submitted by: Army Families Federation  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, concerned about the problems encountered by children with Special Educational Needs, urges HM Government to take steps to: (a) work towards a national standard of...

Meeting the childcare challenge, 1998

Submitted by: Darlington & District Branch  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled welcomes many of the proposals in the recent Green Paper on Childcare, but conscious of the vulnerability of young children, the importance of early childhood...

Treatment of child prostitutes, 1998

Submitted by: Social & Employment Issues Committee   The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, believing that children involved in prostitution should be treated as victims of abuse rather than criminals, calls upon HM Government: (a) to...