Children and Families Bill

Insert the following new Clause—

“Protection of Children’s health: offence of smoking in a private vehicle

The Secretary of State may bring forward regulations making it an offence
for any person who drives a private vehicle to fail to prevent smoking in
the vehicle when a child or children are present.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Welfare of children: housing benefit

(1)     The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2006 are amended as
follows.

(2)     In regulation B13 (determination of maximum rent (social sector)), inserted
by regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012—

(a)   in paragraph (5), at beginning insert “Subject to paragraph (5A)”;
and

(b)   after paragraph (5) insert—

Insert the following new Clause—

“Review of care leave

The Secretary of State must, within the scheduled review of parental leave,
make arrangements—

(a)   to conduct research into the current labour market outcomes of
carers, and

(b)   assess the need for further types of leave arrangements for
employees in the United Kingdom, in addition to those that
currently exist, with a view to helping families combine care for a
disabled child or adult with work, and

(c)   for a report on the outcome to be produced and published.”