Research Briefing
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: 30 July 2018
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, marked on 30 July each year.
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Research Briefing
Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [HL] on 20 July 2018.
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Research Briefing
Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) (Sibling Couples) Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) (Sibling Couples) Bill [HL] on 20 July 2018.
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Research Briefing
National Lottery: Arts and Good Causes
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on maximising the income from the National Lottery and its use for the arts and good causes.
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Research Briefing
Ivory Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the second reading of the Ivory Bill in the House of Lords on 17 July 2018.
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Research Briefing
Gender Recognition and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action Plan
This House of Lords Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming debate on Government’s review of the gender recognition process, and its recently published Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action Plan.
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Research Briefing
Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
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.
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Research Briefing
Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material in preparation for the forthcoming debate on what steps Her majesty’s Government are taking to address the current humanitarian crisis in South Sudan and to support the delivery of a lasting peace settlement and longer term economic and social development.
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Research Briefing
Committee on Political Polling and Digital Media Report: The Politics of Polling
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the report from the Select Committee on Political Polling and Digital Media: The Politics of Polling.
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Research Briefing
Emergency Communications
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.
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Research Briefing
International Widows’ Day
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on what steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to promote International Widows' Day and to help widows following the finding of The Global Widows Report 2015 that their numbers are increasing due to conflict.
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Research Briefing
Priorities for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in the Middle East and North Africa
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.
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Research Briefing
Police and Crime Commissioners
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the role and responsibilities of Police and Crime Commissioners.
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Research Briefing
Situation in Sudan
This House of Lords Library Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming debate on the current situation in Sudan and the opportunities for furthering United Kingdom trade, educational and cultural ties with Sudan.
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Research Briefing
Disability in the UK: Rights and Policy
This House of Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of the debate due to take place in the House of Lords on the motion moved by Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat) on 28 June 2018 “that this House takes note of the different challenges facing disabled people in the United Kingdom in 2018”. It provides an overview of the legal framework governing disabled people’s rights in the UK both in domestic law, in the Equality Act 2010, and in international law, in the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. It also examines some possible implications for disabled people of the UK’s exit from the European Union.
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