Research Briefing
This Briefing provides an overview of food safety law in the UK, and the bodies involved in overseeing and regulating food safety. It then examines the possible implications of the UK’s departure from the EU for food safety, including regarding the functions currently performed by the European Food Safety Authority and the impact of possible new trade deals.
Research Briefing
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”.
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This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information on World Malaria Day, marked on 25 April each year.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides an overview of the formal advisory role that local government currently has in the EU law and policy-making process through its membership of the European Union Committee of the Regions, and briefly discusses the UK Government’s plans for replicating the consultative rights of local authorities after the UK withdraws from the Union.
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This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee; its recommendations; the government response; and information highlighted in subsequent correspondence between the chair of the House of Lords Liaison Committee and the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict. It also contains a summary of the debate held in the House of Lords on the report, and concludes with a summary of certain developments which have occurred since the Committee reported.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides an overview of the conclusions and recommendations contained within the House of Lords National Policy for the Built Environment Committee’s final report published in February 2016, and the Government’s response.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee; its conclusions and recommendations; the Government’s response; and a summary of the debate held in the House of Lords.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information about the work of the House of Lords Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee; its recommendations; the Government’s response; a summary of the debate held in the House of Lords; and subsequent developments.
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This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information ahead of the second reading of the Civil Liability Bill [HL] in the House of Lords on 24 April 2018.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library Briefing has been prepared in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Bat Habitats Regulation Bill [HL] on 27 April 2018.
Research Briefing
This House of Lords Library briefing has been prepared in advance of report stage in the House of Lords of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, which starts on 18 April 2018. It summarises areas of the Bill at which the Government indicated during committee proceedings it would look again.
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This House of Lords Library Briefing places the current position of the UK public finances in a longer-term context, both historical and into the future. From this perspective, it explores the question of whether the debt position is ‘sustainable’.
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This House of Lords Library Briefing provide biographical information on the first 14 life Peers created under the provisions of the Life Peerages Act 1958.
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This House of Library Briefing provides background information on the World Autism Awareness Day which is observed annually on 2 April.
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This House of Lords Library Briefing provides background information on the humanitarian situation arising from the conflict in Syria, ahead of a debate on this subject scheduled to take place on 29 March 2018.
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