This House of Lords Library briefing pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming debate on the report from the European Union Committee, Brexit: The Proposed UK-EU Security Treaty.
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Stalking Protection Bill on 18 January 2019.
This Briefing has been prepared in advance of the debate due to take place in the House of Lords on the motion moved by the Archbishop of Canterbury that “this House takes note of the role of reconciliation in British foreign, defence and international development policy”. It provides definitions of reconciliation, and introduces the linked concepts of ‘soft power’, ‘fragile states’ and ‘post-conflict interventions’. It then summarises UK Government policy and delivery bodies, before discussing the additional roles which might be played in reconciliations by faith-based organisations and women. The Briefing then turns to look at a theoretical framework for reconciliations. Finally, it summarises eight conflicts where reconciliation and/or fragile state interventions have played a part, with varying levels of perceived success.
This House of Lords Library briefing pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming question for short debate on what plans the Government have to impose a statutory duty of care upon large providers of social media services within the United Kingdom in respect of the users or members of those services; and establish a regulator to enforce such a duty.
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides an overview of the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill which is due to receive its second reading in the House of Lords on 26 October 2018.
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides an overview of the Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill which is due to receive its second reading in the House of Lords on 26 October 2018.
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the debate due to take place on 18 October 2018 in the House of Lords on the motion moved by Viscount Waverley (Crossbench), “that this House takes note of the scale and complexity of cyber threats facing the United Kingdom and the case for innovative approaches across Her Majesty’s Government and beyond”.
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides details on the provisions and House of Commons scrutiny of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill ahead of its second reading on 9 October 2018. The provisions in the Bill follow the Government’s continuing commitment to review and update its counter-terrorism strategy, and have also been introduced in response to terrorist attacks in the UK over the last few years.
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 change the way formal international declarations of genocide or crimes against humanity are made and to further the expeditious prosecution of those responsible.
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the second reading of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL] in the House of Lords on 11 July 2018.
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on what steps are being taken to improve communications for use in the event of a terrorist incident or other major emergency.
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on Her Majesty’s Government’s priorities for preventing and countering violent extremism in the Middle East and North Africa.
This House of Lords Library Briefing was prepared in advance of a debate which was due to take place on 14 June 2018 in the House of Lords. The motion, which was to be moved by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour), was that “this House takes note of the use of personal data harvested from social media sites in recent election campaigns and Her Majesty’s Government’s response to this”. This debate is no longer taking place.
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides an overview of current UK-EU cooperation on security and justice, as well as a summary proposals by the UK and EU for cooperation in this area once the UK has left the EU.