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There have been calls to introduce a ban on the physical punishment of children in England, but there are no plans to date.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has similar legal provisions to those in England and Wales.
£1.08 million to develop a standard Operational Intelligence system, to ensure the most up-to-date intelligence is available to all front-line crews operating within Wholetime, Retained and Volunteer duty systems, to allow them to better protect property and enhance Firefighter safety. 1SFRS. (2018).
In the English context, it has been argued that doing away with the council tax would lead to the Bank of England being given something like the council tax as a second golf club in its bag, which it could then use to control the housing market.
We have a little bit to do at our end in getting our data as up to date as we would like them to be—and as they need to be—but benefits are arising from the process.
If there were more of a gap between the final date for lodging stage 3 amendments and the debate, there would be more time to anticipate where the difficulties might arise.
There is a proposal to remove the renewal date for licences. That date can be a focal point for objectors, who are often residents suffering the consequences of behaviour around particular premises.
As we know, section 72 of the bill will "come into force …at the end of that period of five years which begins with the date of Royal Assent", or at an earlier date.
The proposals for a mandatory punishment element and a definite end date give prison staff a definite time frame in which to work for the rehabilitation of serious offenders.