What are state visits?
State visits are formal international visits by heads of state. In the UK, the King hosts “inbound” state visits and embarks upon “outbound” state visits.
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In brief: sources on House of Lords reform (68 KB , PDF)
This Note gives a guide to the official documents, parliamentary reports and research briefings on reform of the House of Lords since the publication of the Government’s House of Lords Reform Draft Bill in May 2011.
A bibliography of academic and other opinion is available in House of Lords Library Note LLN 2012/014, Bibliography on Lords Reform, 26 April 2012.
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In brief: sources on House of Lords reform (68 KB , PDF)
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