Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on what assessment the Government has made of the process for granting asylum on the grounds of religious persecution in the light of the case of Asia Bibi.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides an overview of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill which is due to receive its second reading in the House of Lords on 23 November 2018.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming debate on the report from the Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement 'The Ties that Bind: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the 21st Century'.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides a background to the Galileo global navigation satellite system, which has been developed by the European Union.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on what steps Her majesty’s Government are taking with international partners to end the conflict in Yemen.
Research Briefing
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.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming question for short debate on steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to safeguard the human rights of the English-speaking minority in Cameroon.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the debate due to take place on 5 November 2018 in the House of Lords on the motion moved by Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative), “that this House takes note of the centenary of the armistice at the end of the First World War”.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming question for short debate on reducing the number of problem gamblers hospitalised each year and protecting vulnerable people from gambling addiction.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the debate due to take place on 1 November 2018 in the House of Lords on the motion moved by Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour) that “this House takes note of the impact on family life of multiple reductions in welfare benefits, universal credit, tax credits, housing benefits and child benefit”.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the debate due to take place on 1 November 2018 in the House of Lords on the motion moved by Baroness Massey of Darwen (Labour), “that this House takes note of initiatives in early intervention in children’s lives that would improve the welfare, life chances and social mobility of young people in the United Kingdom”.
Research Briefing
On 25 October 1968 the Race Relations Act received royal assent. The Act sought to build on the Race Relations Act 1965, which at the time was widely regarded as providing insufficient protection from discrimination, by extending prohibition of racial discrimination in relation to housing, employment and public services, as well as strengthening the Race Relations Board. This briefing sets out the chronology of how the Race Relations Act 1968 came to be passed, referring for context to the passage through Parliament earlier that year of the Commonwealth Immigrants Act.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the what assessment HMG have made of whether there is any conflict of interest between the duties of the chair and deputy chair of Ofcom as impartial regulators of the BBC and their parliamentary duties including their voting record on Brexit.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the debate in the House of Lords on 24 October 2018 on the report from the EU Committee 'Subsidiarity Assessment: discontinuing seasonal changes of time and on a related reasoned opinion'.
Research Briefing
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.
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