This Green Paper outlines the Government's plans for a third phase of migration reform; that is reform of the path to British citizenship in order to reinforce our shared values.

There is a deal for citizenship. This is a country of liberty and tolerance, opportunity and diversity – and these values are reinforced by the expectation that all who live here should learn our language, play by the rules, obey the law and contribute to the community.

The Green Paper forms part of the wider work being conducted across Government, including the Goldsmith review of citizenship commissioned by the Prime Minister. The Government want to make the journey to citizenship clearer, simpler and easier for the public and migrants to understand.

Their proposals to achieve this aim are an integral and central part of their wider work to overhaul the legal framework for immigration. The Green Paper sets out details of their plans to simplify the law's current complexity and make it fit for the 21st century.

They propose that all existing immigration laws should be replaced with a clear, consistent and coherent legal framework for the control of our borders and management of migration, with key provisions set out in a single focused piece of primary legislation.

Chapter 8 (page 48) sets out the 'Summary of Proposals' and 'How to respond to the Green Paper.'

The deadline for responses is 14th May 2008.

The Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning initially met in March 2007 and will run until January 2008. Publicly available papers and reports from the commission will be made regularly available for upload.

Officially launched on Wednesday 9th May 2007, this Commission will examine the recruitment, training, deployment and career progression of disabled staff in lifelong learning in England and Wales.

Evidence will also be collected and reviewed from disabled staff, senior managers and HR departments, training providers, professional and advocacy organisations and government. This evidence will help identify improvements needed, acknowledge the impacts disabled staff have and the achievements of learners as a result of disabled staff and examine the position of disabled staff in the wider policy context.

Recommendations will be made to policy makers, funders, employers and training providers. Guides on recruitment, retention and achievements of disabled staff will also be produced.

If you would like to influence the interim report planned to be published in September, then NIACE would like to receive replies to the questionnaire by Friday 27th July 2007.

The questionnaire will continue to be available until the 30th September 2007 and a final report is due to be published in January 2008.

This multi-agency strategy document is quite deliberately designed to be 'owned' by partner organisations of all kinds. LSC London would like your ideas for improvement but also your vision of what part you or your organisation will play in making it happen.

The LSC are setting five goals to be done over the next three years

1. to make more job opportunities
2. to provide better services
3. to understand better what learners want
4. to change the curriculum
5. to build networks of high quality accessible provision

Do you support these five goals?
Do you have anything else you would like to say?

LSC London urge you to discuss this consultation draft with other partner organisations and to respond to it by Tuesday 31st July 2007