Research Briefing
This briefing pack has been compiled to support the debate on the progress made in the United Kingdom in the areas of women’s representation and empowerment 150 years after the 1866 petition to the House of Commons for women’s suffrage, scheduled to take place on Monday 7 March 2016.
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This House of Lords Library briefing examines the different models of national bills of rights adopted in a selection of countries.
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This House of Lords Library briefing provides information relating to International Women’s Day, due to be marked on 8 March 2016, and the theme this year of gender parity.
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This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming debate in the House of Lords on funding the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in the light of its foreign policy interests.
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This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material which may be of assistance in preparing for the forthcoming debate in the House of Lords on Local Democracy on 28 January 2016.
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This briefing pack has been compiled to support the debate on the work of the House of Lords Press Office
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This House of Lords Library briefing provides an overview of the work of the five ad hoc Lords Select Committees which reported in the 2013–14 session.
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Public bills may be committed to a select committee when it is considered that they require detailed investigation or when the hearing of evidence is considered necessary on the bill’s provisions. The most recent occasion on which a Government bill was referred to a select committee was the Constitutional Reform Bill in 2004.
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This briefing pack has been compiled to support the debate on the 'Strathclyde Review: Secondary Legislation and the Primacy of the House of Commons'.
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This Lords Library briefing provides an overview of delegated legislation in the House of Lords since 1997.
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This Lords Library briefing provides a short summary of the recommendations of the Strathclyde Review and a snapshot of initial reaction to it.
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This In Focus article provides material in support of the Question for Short Debate in the House of Lords on the Government's Official History Programme.
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This In Focus note examines recent devolution deals to city regions in England.
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This briefing provides information in support of the House of Lords consideration of the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill.
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This briefing provides information in support of the House of Lords consideration of the Scotland Bill.
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