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    Loneliness and isolation in elderly and vulnerable people

    There will be a Westminster Hall debate on loneliness and isolation in elderly and vulnerable people on Wednesday 6 December at 2:30pm. This debate has been sponsored by Derek Thomas MP.

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    Research Briefing

    Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill

    The Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill would create a new offence of unauthorised entry to designated football matches in England and Wales.

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    Research Briefing

    Online Safety Bill: progress of the Bill

    The Online Safety Bill received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. This Briefing gives a summary of its parliamentary stages.

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    Research Briefing

    Football Governance Bill

    The Football Governance Bill would establish an independent regulator for the men's game in England.

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    Research Briefing

    The Turing Scheme

    The Turing Scheme has replaced the Erasmus+ programme in providing funding for participants in UK universities, colleges, and schools to go on international study and work placements.

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    Research Briefing

    Football governance – time for change?

    This Briefing looks at plans to legislate for an independent regulator for English football.

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    Research Briefing

    Tackling loneliness

    This briefing covers research into the prevalence, causes and impact of loneliness and interventions to address the issue. The focus is England with an overview of approaches in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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    The funding decisions of Arts Council England

    A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 18 January 2023 at 2.30pm on the funding decisions of Arts Council England. The debate will be led by Sir Robert Neill MP.

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    DCMS spending and support during the Covid-19 recovery

    A debate on the spending of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and support for DCMS sectors during the Covid-19 recovery has been scheduled for Wednesday 10 March 2021 in the main House of Commons Chamber. The debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led Julian Knight MP.

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    Research Briefing

    VAT and Sports Clubs

    This note examines the VAT treatment of sports clubs - in the context of the change made in UK VAT law in 1994 to exempt from VAT certain sport supplies, and subsequent debate as to how these rules have affected golf clubs.

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    Governance of the Football Association

    A backbench business debate on a motion relating to Governance of the Football Association will be held in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 9 February 2017. The debate will be led by Damian Collins MP, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and by Christian Matheson MP and Andrew Bingham MP.

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    The future of Girlguiding in the British Overseas Territories (OTs)

    A Westminster Hall debate on the future of Girlguiding in the British Overseas Territories (OTs) will take place on Tuesday 23 January 2024, from 9:30-11:00am. The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Jim Shannon MP and Caroline Nokes MP.