Research Briefing
Plans to Update the Law on Surrogacy
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming QSD on the plans to update the law on surrogacy.
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Research Briefing
Higher Education and Research Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library briefing was written ahead of the Higher Education and Research Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords on 6 December 2016.
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Research Briefing
World AIDS Day, 1 December 2016
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on current progress towards the UN General Assembly-mandated effort to ‘end AIDS by 2030’.
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Research Briefing
Values Underpinning National Life and their Role in Shaping Public Policy Priorities
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the shared values underpinning our national life and their role in shaping public policy priorities.
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Research Briefing
Social Care
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material for the forthcoming debate on the challenges in the current system of social care, proposals for reviewing it and longer-term reform of the system.
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Research Briefing
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information in support of the House of Lords consideration of the Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill.
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Research Briefing
Parity of Esteem Between Mental and Physical Health
This briefing pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on parity of esteem between mental and physical health on 28 November 2016.
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Research Briefing
Evidence-based Drug Policy
This briefing pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on 21 November 2016 on drugs policy, following the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drug Policy in April 2016 that called for the introduction of more evidence-based measures to promote public health, rather than a prohibition-based approach.
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Research Briefing
Leaving the European Union: NHS and Social Care Workforce
This House of Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of a debate that is scheduled to take place in the House on 24 November 2016 on the implications of Brexit on the NHS and social care workforce.
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Research Briefing
Immigration Policy and Overseas Students in the UK
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the application of immigration policy to overseas students at United Kingdom universities and colleges.
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Research Briefing
World Diabetes Day: Background on Diabetes
Ahead of World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2016, this House of Lords Library briefing sets out background information on diabetes including prevalence and health policy.
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Research Briefing
Creative Subjects at A Level
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming debate on creative subjects at A Level.
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Research Briefing
Impact of the Shortage of Housing on Young People
This House of Lords Library briefing presents an overview of housing in the UK, including statistics on housing supply and demand. It considers some of the causes of the housing shortage and explores recent reports that have sought to identify the impact of the housing market on young people. It concludes with a brief summary of government policy in this area.
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Research Briefing
Leaving the European Union: Funding for Universities and Scientific Research
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on current university and research funding in the UK and identifies some of the key issues raised about this funding following the UK’s referendum vote to withdraw from the EU.
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Research Briefing
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
On 1 November 2016, the Pension Schemes Bill is scheduled to have its second reading. The Bill seeks to “[protect] savers and [maintain] confidence in pensions savings” by increasing the regulation of master trust schemes and providing members of occupational pension schemes with a “level of protection equivalent to that of members of personal protection schemes”. Part one focuses on the introduction of an authorisation and supervisory regime for master trust schemes, and part two seeks to implement the Government’s intention to introduce a cap on early exit charges and ban member-borne commission charges in certain occupational pension schemes. This Library briefing provides an overview of the policy background to the provisions of the Bill and outlines a number of its clauses.
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