A House of Commons Library Briefing Paper on plastic waste in the UK, including statistics on plastic waste and information on UK Government and devolved Government plans and ambitions to reduce avoidable plastic waste and examples of voluntary initiatives from the plastics industry, environmental groups and retailers.
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Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Bill 2017-19 (2 MB, PDF)
The Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Bill 2017-19 was introduced into the House of Commons on Wednesday 21 March 2018. The text of the Bill and Explanatory Notes will be made available on the Bill pages on the Parliamentary website.
The Bill would provide authority for the UK Government to take two actions arising from the ongoing absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive. These are:
- To provide legislative authority for the collection of regional domestic and non-domestic rates;
- To provide continued legislative authority for the Renewable Heat Incentive to operate in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Bill 2017-19 (2 MB, PDF)
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A briefing on the Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No.2) Bill 2019-21
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This Commons Library briefing paper examines the key funding pressures facing adult social care services in England and evidence of the impacts of these pressures on social care and health services. The paper explains the additional funding committed to adult social care between 2016/17 and 2020/21, and outlines concerns about a social care funding gap and future financial uncertainty.
