Research Briefing
Armed Forces Bill 2015–16: Briefing for Lords Stages
This briefing provides information in support of the House of Lords consideration of the Armed Forces Bill.
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Research Briefing
National Lottery Contribution to Sport, Culture, Charities and National Heritage
Lords Library briefing on the contribution of the National Lottery to sport, culture, charities and national heritage.
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Research Briefing
QSD on Tackling the Rise in Religiously-Identified Conflicts and Violence, in the Light of the Recent Visit by Pope Francis to the Central African Republic
This Briefing Pack provides material in support of the debate in the House of Lords on Tackling the Rise in Religiously-Identified Conflicts and Violence, in the Light of the Recent Visit by Pope Francis to the Central African Republic.
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Research Briefing
Residential Care Sector
This House of Lords Library Note has been prepared ahead of a debate that is scheduled to take place in the House on 10 December 2015 on the following motion: “[...] that this House takes note of the quality and viability of the residential care sector in the light of the Government’s decision to delay the implementation of the care cost cap”.
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Research Briefing
QSD on Fostering Links between Communities, as part of the Government’s Counter-terrorism Strategy, in the Light of the Attacks in Paris
This briefing pack has been compiled to support the question for short debate on what steps the Government are taking to fostering links between communities, as part of its counter-terrorism strategy, in the light of the attacks in Paris.
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Research Briefing
QSD on Police Leadership, Accountability and Ethics in the Light of the Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Tone From the Top
This briefing pack has been compiled to support the question for short debate on police leadership, accountability and ethics.
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Research Briefing
QSD on What Steps the Government are Taking, if any, to Promote Article 18 of the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights
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 Article 18 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Research Briefing
QSD on the Shared Values that Underpin British Public Life
This briefing pack has been compiled to support the question for short debate on the shared values that underpin British public life.
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Research Briefing
QSD on the Contribution of Britain’s Ethnic Minorities to Faith Communities and Public Institutions in the United Kingdom
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming debate in the House of Lords on the Contribution of Britain’s Ethnic Minorities to Faith Communities and Public Institutions in the United Kingdom.
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Research Briefing
Easter Trading Bill [HL]
This In Focus briefing provides background information in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Easter Trading Bill [HL] on 19 June 2015.
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Research Briefing
Debate on the Contribution of the Creative Industries to the United Kingdom Economy
Figures released in January 2015 showed that the UK’s creative industries were worth £76.9 billion per year to the UK economy. However, concern has been expressed regarding the ability to maintain recent levels of progress and to compete globally in such a fast-moving market.
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Research Briefing
Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill [HL] 2015–16
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming second reading of the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill 2015-16 in the House of Lords.
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Research Briefing
Debate on the Role played by Civil Society, in the Light of the Pastoral Letter from the Church of England’s House of Bishops Who is my Neighbour
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material which may be of assistance in preparing for the debate on ‘the role played by civil society, in the light of the pastoral letter from the Church of England’s House of Bishops Who is my Neighbour’.
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Research Briefing
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill (HL Bill 47 of 2014–15)
The Social Responsibility, Action and Heroism Bill (the SARAH Bill) sets out various factors that the court “must have regard to” in determining the steps a defendant was required to take to meet a standard of care in claims for negligence or breach of statutory duty.
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Research Briefing
Membership of the House of Lords: Ethnicity, Religion and Disability
Members of the House of Lords are not required to provide information about their ethnicity, religious beliefs or any disabilities they may have. However, there is continued interest in the representativeness of the House, as currently composed. This Library Note provides background information on this subject: it summarises existing research on the representation in the House of Lords of minority ethnic groups, religions and disability, and sets out some of the challenges in collecting and interpreting this information.
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