Research Briefing
Future of Local Post Offices
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of materials in preparation for the forthcoming debate on the future of local Post Offices.
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Research Briefing
Ensuring Qualifying Non-UK EEA Nationals Retain EU-Derived Rights After the UK Has Left the EU
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant to the forthcoming motion calling for the Government to report to the House by the end of the parliamentary session on the progress made towards ensuring that qualifying non-United Kingdom European Economic Area nationals and their family members are able to retain their fundamental European Union-derived rights after the United Kingdom has left the European Union.
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Research Briefing
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 and the Rights of EU Nationals
This House of Lords Library briefing summarises several attempts (ultimately unsuccessful) made during the passage of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 to introduce amendments to guarantee that the rights of EU/EEA citizens currently living in the UK would continue after Brexit.
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Research Briefing
Protecting and Improving Local Arts and Cultural Services
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming question for short debate on protecting and improving local arts and cultural services.
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Research Briefing
Work of the Ad Hoc Committees in 2014–15: House of Lords Extradition Law Committee
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Extradition Law Committee; its two reports ('The European Arrest Warrant Opt-In' and 'Extradition: Law and Practice'); its conclusions and recommendations; the government’s responses; and a summary of the debates held on the two reports in the House of Lords.
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Research Briefing
Work of the Ad Hoc Committees in 2014–15: House of Lords Digital Skills Committee
This Lords Library briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Digital Skills Committee; its conclusions and recommendations; the government’s response; and a summary of the debate held in the House of Lords.
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Research Briefing
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill ahead of its scheduled second reading in the House of Lords on 10 March 2017.
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Research Briefing
Criminal Finances Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on the Criminal Finances Bill 2016–17 ahead of its second reading in the House of Lords on 9 March 2017. The Bill would make provisions to tackle money laundering and corruption, recover the proceeds of crime, and counter terrorist finance. It also seeks to make provisions to enable those who violate human rights to have their assets frozen and will create a new offence of a corporate failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion.
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Research Briefing
International Women’s Day 2017
This House of Lords Library briefing provides background reading ahead of the debate to mark International Women’s Day scheduled to take place on Thursday 9 March 2017.
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Research Briefing
Assisted Dying Legislation: North America and England and Wales
This House of Lords Library briefing sets out the law in Canada and selected states in the United States ahead of the question for short debate on 6 March 2017 on whether recent legislative changes on assisted dying in North America provide an appropriate basis for legislation in England and Wales. It also provides an overview of the law as it currently stands in England and Wales, as well as a brief legal history of the changes and attempts to change it.
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Research Briefing
Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
This Lords Library briefing provides a short overview of the Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill (HL Bill 99 of 2016–17), its key provisions, and a summary of its passage through the House of Commons in advance of the Bill's second reading in the House of Lords on Friday 24 February 2017.
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Research Briefing
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
This Lords Library briefing provides information on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill ahead of its second reading on 20 and 21 February 2017. The Bill would give the Prime Minister power to notify the European Council of the UK’s intention to withdraw from the European Union, under the procedure set out in Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
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Research Briefing
Sudan: Current Situation
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the current situation in Sudan.
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Research Briefing
Protection and Promotion of Statues and Memorials
This Briefing Pack contains a selection of material relevant for the forthcoming debate on the protection and promotion of statues and memorials.
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Research Briefing
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February 2017
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides background information on the United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.
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