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    World Press Freedom Day 2022

    A debate on World Press Freedom Day will take place in Westminster Hall scheduled for Tuesday 21 June 2022, from 9:30am. Damian Collins MP will open the debate.

  • House of Commons Library

    Research Briefing

    Hospitality industry and Covid-19

    This paper provides information on the hospitality industry in the UK, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and sources of support for the sector.

  • House of Commons Library

    Constituency casework

    Broadband

    This article is no longer being updated. For information on broadband rollout and consumer telecoms issues please refer to Gigabit broadband FAQs (2 August 2023) and Mobile and broadband: affordability and consumer protection (28 November 2022)- see Further reading from the House of Commons Library below.

  • House of Commons Library

    Research Briefing

    Holocaust Memorial Bill: Progress of the Bill

    The Holocaust Memorial Bill would remove restrictions on building a Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens. The bill is currently progressing through the House of Lords.

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    Research Briefing

    Flags: the Union Flag and Flags of the United Kingdom

    Flags, national and other, have an ongoing cultural significance. The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Flying of flags is not the subject of statute law in England, Wales or Scotland. Advice is issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on flying of flags on government buildings, apart from those which are the responsibility of a devolved administration. This was recently updated so that the Union flag will normally be flown every day. In Northern Ireland there is legislation on flag flying.

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    Constituency casework

    Honours

    Constituents may write to their MP requesting that someone be nominated for an honour or asking for support for a nomination. An MP may make a nomination, as can any member of the public. The MP would have to be familiar with the work or voluntary role that the candidate is carrying out.

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    Debate Pack

    Release of the 700 MHz spectrum band for mobile data in 2020

    This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on the Release of the 700 MHz spectrum band for mobile data in 2020, to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 15 November at 4.30pm. The Member in charge of the debate is Calum Kerr MP.

  • House of Commons Library

    Research Briefing

    Regulating online harms

    This Library Briefing looks at the Government's plans to regulate harmful online content.

  • House of Commons Library

    Research Briefing

    Dormant Assets Act 2022

    An Act to expand the scope of an existing scheme that enables dormant assets to be spent on good causes. Royal Assent was obtained on 24 February 2022.

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    Debate Pack

    Rollout of ultrafast broadband in Devon and Somerset

    MPs will debate the rollout of ultrafast broadband in Devon and Somerset in Westminster Hall on 11 January 2022 from 2:30pm until 4:00pm. This debate will be led by Selaine Saxby MP.

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    Research Briefing

    Telecommunications (Security) Bill 2019-21, 2021-22

    Following its passage through the House of Lords, this briefing analyses the progress of the Telecommunications (Security) Bill up until this point. It provides a summary of what happened during both Commons and Lords stages and how the Bill has changed. It is prepared in advance of consideration of Lords amendments to the Bill in the House of Commons, scheduled for Monday 8 November 2021.

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    Debate Pack

    Debate on heritage pubs

    A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for Thursday 16 November 2023 on heritage pubs. The debate will be opened by Marco Longhi MP.

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    Research Briefing

    Touring artists and the UK-EU economic partnership

    After the UK exit from the EU, performing artists have additional administrative requirements when touring in the EU and UK. This briefing gives an overview of the current arrangements and artists' calls for improvements.

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    Research Briefing

    VAT on sanitary protection

    This briefing discusses the way sanitary protection is charged VAT - more specifically, the Labour Government’s introduction of a 5% rate from 1 January 2001, which was then the lowest rate then permissible due to EU VAT rules, and, more recently, with the UK's departure from the EU, the current Government’s introduction of a zero rate from 1 January 2021.

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    Debate Pack

    Privatisation of Channel 4

    A Westminster Hall debate on the privatisation of Channel 4 is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 21 July 2021 at 9:25am. The debate will be opened by Dame Angela Eagle MP.

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