Civil Contingencies Bill (Bill 14 2003/04)

Documents to download

Civil Contingencies Bill. (Bill 14 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/07.

Farmers’ protests in India and agricultural reforms

Farmers' protests in India in response to government reforms are ongoing. Protests of this scale and duration have not been seen in decades, and continue today. This paper looks at what are the problems the reforms are trying to solve? Why are some farmers so unhappy with them? Why have the Indian Government been criticised, and why have they criticised the international response to the protests, including in the UK? What have the UK Government and Parliament said about the protests?
EU structural funding: Will the UK Community Renewal Fund bridge the gap?

The Government has said £220 million will be made available in 2021/22 made available in 2021/22 to begin to replace EU structural funding.
Death certification and medical examiners

This Commons Library briefing paper deals with the introduction of a medical examiner system in England and Wales to provide greater scrutiny of deaths that do not require investigation by a coroner