Children with autism who are from ethnic minorities face a double discrimination in education, campaigners say. A National Autistic Society report on "the reality for families" suggests 62% of parents had no choice over the school their children would attend.
The government's Mental Health Bill strikes the "right balance" between patient safeguards and protecting the public, the health secretary has said. Patricia Hewitt told the Commons it was "essential" to ensure discharged patients continued taking medication.
Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell has launched the "Climate Change Starts at Home campaign", cementing the party's position as the greenest of the three major parties. Visiting a house built in the 1870 which is undergoing improvements to make it more energy efficient, Menzies Campbell unveiled bold proposals that demonstrated how upgrading Britain's homes could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by millions of tonnes, save energy, and lead to significant cuts in energy bills. Introducing the measures outlined in the policy paper could save more carbon than is produced every year by all the cars on Britain's roads.
Commenting in advance of Monday's vote on the Mental Health Bill, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Norman Lamb MP said:
Controversial plans to allow mentally ill people to be detained against their will, even if they have not committed a crime, are due to be discussed by MPs. The Mental Health Bill, rejected by the Lords in February, is expected to face heavy criticism in the Commons.
Over the weekend Park Liberal Democrats delivered a series of single topic leaflets to streets in the Ward. They can all be found in the Park 2007 section of the Download area of this site in PDF.