Research Briefing
This Briefing has been prepared in advance of World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April 2018. The aim of World Intellectual Property Day, which is run by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, is to increase the general understanding of intellectual property. The theme of the 2018 World Intellectual Property Day is “powering change: women in innovation and creativity”.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee; its recommendations; the government response; and information highlighted in subsequent correspondence between the chair of the House of Lords Liaison Committee and the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict. It also contains a summary of the debate held in the House of Lords on the report, and concludes with a summary of certain developments which have occurred since the Committee reported.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the debate scheduled to take place in the House of Lords on 29 March 2018 on the following motion moved by Baroness Brinton (Liberal Democrat): “that this House takes note of the effect of the United Kingdom’s planned withdrawal from the European Union on the health and welfare of United Kingdom citizens and residents”.
Research Briefing
This Library briefing pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming QSD on the support available to survivors of domestic abuse and preventing further abuse.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been produced for the debate taking place in the House of Lords on 8 March 2018, to mark International Women’s Day, on “the steps being taken to press for progress on gender equality globally”. It provides an overview of the global situation regarding gender equality, the UK’s position, and actions taken by the UK Government to promote gender equality overseas and domestically.
Research Briefing
This Library briefing pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming QSD the outcome of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading to Their Total Elimination.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming QSD on legal system: prosecutions.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming QSD on China’s recent ban on the import of certain waste products.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the the Report from the European Union Committee Brexit: trade in non-financial services (18th Report, Session 2016–17, HL Paper 135).
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on the Local Government Elections (Referendum) Bill [HL] 2017–19, a private member’s bill introduced by Lord Balfe (Conservative),ahead of its second reading in the House of Lords on 15 December 2017.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides an overview of regulation in the UK, including former and current Government policies, recent debate on deregulation and the potential implications on UK regulation of the UK’s exit from the EU.
Research Briefing
This Library briefing pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming QSD on export of goods and services to Africa and the Commonwealth.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on risks posed by current levels of household debt in the United Kingdom.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of the debate in the House of Lords on the human rights of older persons and their comprehensive care on 16 November 2017.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing provides an overview of globalisation, technology and demography and some of the ways in which they affect work and employment in the UK. It then summarises some relevant public policy proposals and suggests material for further reading.
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