Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on what progress Her Majesty's Government has have made in improving mental health services for people from black and ethnic minority communities.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate what assessment Her Majesty's Government has made of progress in the recovery of Sierra Leone from the effect of the Ebola outbreak; and what assistance they are offering the government of Sierra Leone in the recovery effort.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on Cannabis Classification on 7 September 2017.
Research Briefing
This briefing marks 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act 1967 came into force on the 27 July 1967, which brought in changes that would partially decriminalise sexual relationships between men. Beginning with historical offences that criminalised sexual relationships between men, the briefing goes on to discuss the Wolfenden Report, which recommended homosexual behaviour between consenting adults to no longer be an offence. It then sets out the legislative background to the 1967 Act. It discusses the incremental legislative changes decriminalising homosexual acts between men, from 1967 to 2017, including changes brought in to disregard and pardon historical offences.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on Debate on the Report from the House of Lords European Union Committee, Brexit: Acquired Rights on the 4 July 2017.
Research Briefing
This Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of the forthcoming Queen’s Speech, which is due to take place on 21 June 2017. The House of Lords is due to debate the Queen’s Speech over five days between 22 and 29 June 2017. This briefing is one of five prepared by the House of Lords Library to cover the themes of each day of debate.
Research Briefing
This briefing pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming questions for short debate on the cost of alcohol abuse to the National Health Service to be held on 30 March 2017.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing sets out the law in Canada and selected states in the United States ahead of the question for short debate on 6 March 2017 on whether recent legislative changes on assisted dying in North America provide an appropriate basis for legislation in England and Wales. It also provides an overview of the law as it currently stands in England and Wales, as well as a brief legal history of the changes and attempts to change it.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides background information on the United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information in support of the House of Lords consideration of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill [HL] on 27 January 2017.
Research Briefing
This briefing pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on 24 January 2017 on the House of Lords National Policy for the Built Environment Committee's report, Building Better Places, published on 19 February 2016.
Research Briefing
This briefing pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on 20 December 2016 on the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee’s report, Overlooked and Left Behind: Improving the Transition from School to Work for the Majority of Young People.
Research Briefing
This briefing pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming joint debate on the reports from the House of Lords Constitution Committee, The Invoking of Article 50, and the House of Lords European Committee, Brexit: Parliamentary Scrutiny, to be held on 22 November 2016.
Research Briefing
This briefing pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on 21 November 2016 on drugs policy, following the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drug Policy in April 2016 that called for the introduction of more evidence-based measures to promote public health, rather than a prohibition-based approach.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing provides background information in advance of the second reading of the International Development (Official Assistance Target) (Amendment) Bill [HL] in the House of Lords on Friday 18 November 2016. It provides background information on the international development official assistance (ODA) target along with further details on the UK’s performance in meeting the annual ODA target since 2013. The briefing also explores the annual management of the ODA target.
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