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This Library Note considers the current role of the Bishops in the House of Lords, and religious representation in the House generally in the context of the Government’s proposals for reform.
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This Library Note provides information on the powers, conventions and practice of the House of Lords in dealing with delegated legislation.
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This Library Note provides background information in advance of the Health and Social Care Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords.
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This Library Note provides a chronology of key developments in the reform of the House of Lords since 1900.
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This Library Note summarises proceedings at the Localism Bill’s final stages in the House of Commons and provides background information for the Bill’s second reading debate in the House of Lords.
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This Library Note provides background reading for the debate on the European Convention on Human Rights.
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This Library Note has been prepared in advance of forthcoming debates in the House of Lords on economic growth.
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This Library Note provides background reading for the debate on the economic and strategic role of Turkey in Europe and the Middle East.
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Parliamentary Voting System and Constitutencies Bill. House of Lords Library Note 2010/028
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Superannuation Bill. House of Lords Library Note 2010/025
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Debate on 14 October 2010: Human trafficking. House of Lords Library Note 2010/022
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House of Lords reform 1997–2010: a chronology This House of Lords Library Note sets out in summary form the principal developments in House of Lords reform under the Labour Government of 1997–2010
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House of Lords Reform Since 1997: a chronology (updated March 2010) This House of Lords Library Note sets out in summary form the principal developments in House of Lords reform since the 1997 General Election.
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Debate on 25th February: Higher and Further Education Funding. This Library Note aims to provide background reading for the debate to be held on Thursday 25th February: “To call attention to the consequences of the cuts to higher and further education funding that have been announced” This Note provides a snapshot of the UK higher and further education sector as it stands today, together with details of recent policy developments in these areas. It also gives details of the funding announcements made by the Government and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the reaction to those announcements by the universities and colleges. Finally, the Note outlines some of the recent contributions to the debate on how higher education in particular should be funded.
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Debate on 21st January: Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament and Strengthening Non-Proliferation. This Library Note aims to provide background reading for the Debate to be held on Thursday 21st January: “To call attention to the prospects for multi-lateral nuclear disarmament and for strengthening nuclear non-proliferation” The Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference will take place in May 2010. This Note summarises the main issues addressed in the Foreign Office information paper Lifting the Nuclear Shadow: Creating the Conditions for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons and the Government’s agenda for the Review Conference, as laid out in the Cabinet Office paper The Road to 2010: Addressing the Nuclear Question in the Twenty First Century. The Note also chronicles the main developments in the international community since the publication of these papers and summarises some of the contributions to the nuclear debate from a variety of sources, including the views of the UN Secretary General and the former Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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