Select Committee calls for an independent inquiry into the causes of adverse outcomes for disabled people, including the decisions and policies of the Government and public authorities.
The Government today refused to hold a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture, while presenting updated Whitehall guidance which campaigners says fails to expressly prohibit Ministers authorising action carrying a real risk of torture.
The inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System will be aimed at encouraging and enabling police forces to prevent women being drawn into the criminal justice system unnecessarily.
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into the social care system in England, and invites written contributions to its investigation.
The Government has announced that it is considering a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in torture and rendition following the publication of two reports into the subject by the Intelligence and Security Committee last week.