Veterans: Access to housing
This briefing provides an overview of the housing support available to veterans across the UK.
From 20-22 June 2012 the UN will hold a conference on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, twenty years on from the ‘Earth Summit’ of 1992, also held in Rio. This note sets out the likely agenda for the conference and some surrounding political issues.
The Rio+20 UN conference on sustainable development (90 KB , PDF)
From 20-22 June 2012 the UN will hold a conference on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, twenty years on from the ‘Earth Summit’ of 1992, also held in Rio. This note sets out the likely agenda for the conference and some surrounding political issues.
Unlike the first Rio Summit, which resulted in the climate change and biodiversity conventions, along with a sustainable development action plan, this conference will focus on sustainable development. Its two themes are the ‘green economy’ and an institutional framework for sustainable development. One aim is to develop sustainable development goals, like the UN millennium development goals. In January 2012 a ‘zero draft’ outcome document was produced.
In October 2011 the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) published its Report on Preparations for the Rio+20 Summit which noted inadequate progress since 1992. That report and the Government response were debated in the House on 28 February 2012.
The Rio+20 UN conference on sustainable development (90 KB , PDF)
This briefing provides an overview of the housing support available to veterans across the UK.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly provides a forum for parliamentarians from the NATO Member States to debate key defence and security challenges.
A debate on a Motion to approve the Draft Environmental Protection (Single-Use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024 has been scheduled in the Commons Chamber for 13 November 2024.