This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming question for short debate on commemorating the contribution of Empire and Commonwealth troops in World War I.
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on he Report from the Communications Committee Skills for theatre: Developing the pipeline of talent (3rd Report, Session 2016–17, HL Paper 170).
This Briefing has been prepared in advance of World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April 2018. The aim of World Intellectual Property Day, which is run by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, is to increase the general understanding of intellectual property. The theme of the 2018 World Intellectual Property Day is “powering change: women in innovation and creativity”.
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming QSD on sport funding in the United Kingdom.
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on the role played by social media and online platforms as news and content publishers ahead of a debate on this topic scheduled to take place in the House of Lords on Thursday 11 January 2018.
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the Report from the Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 The Licensing Act 2003: post-legislative scrutiny (Session 2016–17, HL Paper 146).
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on the challenges facing problem gamblers, specifically with respect to online gambling, and of the Multi-Operator Self Exclusion Scheme about to be introduced to help online gamblers ahead of a debate on this topic scheduled to take place in the House of Lords on Thursday 23 November 2017.
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming question for short debate on what steps Her Majesty’s Government are taking to support the contemporary practice of the arts, including music, drama, dance and the visual arts.
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the report by the Communications Committee Report: A Privatised Future for Channel 4.
This House of Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill on 9 October 2017.
This Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of a debate scheduled to take place in the House of Lords on 7 September 2017 about the importance of digital understanding at all levels of society. It provides an overview of what is meant by ‘digital skills’ and surveys recent literature on access to, and use of, the internet across society. It then considers digital skills in relation to the economy and sets out key proposals contained in the Government’s UK Digital Strategy 2017. It concludes with an exploration of the term ‘digital understanding’ and highlights recent Ofcom findings on adults’ media use and attitudes.