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 3 July on the case for improving air quality in London. It provides an overview of the regulation of air pollution, the impact of air pollution on health and plans by the Government and the Mayor of London to improve air quality.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing provides a summary of recent statistics and developments in tackling the spread of hepatitis C virus in the UK, and globally.
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 House of Lords Library briefing provides information on World Health Day, which takes place on Friday 7 April. This year’s theme is ‘Depression: Let’s Talk’.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the educational attainment of boys at state schools.
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 Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on medical research in the UK (28 March 2017).
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming motion calling for the Government to report to the House by the end of the parliamentary session on the progress made towards ensuring that qualifying non-United Kingdom European Economic Area nationals and their family members are able to retain their fundamental European Union-derived rights after the United Kingdom has left the European Union.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing summarises several attempts (ultimately unsuccessful) made during the passage of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 to introduce amendments to guarantee that the rights of EU/EEA citizens currently living in the UK would continue after Brexit.
Research Briefing
This Lords Library briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Digital Skills Committee; its conclusions and recommendations; the government’s response; and a summary of the debate held in the House of Lords.
Research Briefing
This Lords Library briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Affordable Childcare Committee; its conclusions and recommendations; the government’s response; and gives an update on developments since the government response to the Committee’s report.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on neglected tropical diseases.
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 Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the report from the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Building More Homes (1st Report, HL Paper 20).
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on clinical commissioners and the Government’s response to the Choice in End of Life Care Programme Board’s report What’s Important to Me: A Review of Choice in End of Life Care.
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