Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming debate on the displacement of refugees and migrants from Asia and Africa and the measures being taken to address their plight.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming Question for Short Debate on what plans the Government have to respond to the recommendations of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Task Force Report 'Future in Mind'.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming Question for Short Debate on the Requirement for all Leaseholders to Agree if they Wish to become Holders in Common.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming Question for Short Debate on the Government’s plan to ensure the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections provide an opportunity to reflect planned and recent changes to the Welsh devolution settlement.
Research Briefing
The centenary of the start of the First World War will be marked in 2014. Britain entered the conflict in August 1914 and remained at war until November 1918.
Research Briefing
The House of Lords Reform (No 2) Bill is a private members’ bill, which was introduced into the House of Commons on 19 June 2013. The Bill makes provision for retirement from the House of Lords, and for the expulsion of Members of the House of Lords in specified circumstances.
Research Briefing
This Note provides background information on the Defence Reform Bill, which is due to have its second reading in the House of Lords on 10 December 2013.
Research Briefing
This Note provides background reading on the Pensions Bill, which is due to have its second reading in the House of Lords on 3 December 2013.
Research Briefing
This Note provides background reading on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill, which is due to have its second reading in the House of Lords on 22 October 2013.
Research Briefing
This Library Note contains a brief summary of the development of human rights law in the United Kingdom and previous proposals for a British Bill of Rights, before précising a selection of the findings of the report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights. The Note concludes with an overview of some of the responses to the report.
Research Briefing
This Library Note provides a brief summary of the key measures announced yesterday in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, before outlining the immediate reaction to the Statement as expressed by the Shadow Chancellor in the House of Commons and by a range of organisations and commentators.
Research Briefing
This Library Note summarises a selection of the reaction and comment expressed immediately following the publication of the report of Lord Justice Leveson’s Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press.
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