The Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21 (Bill 136) was introduced in the Commons on 13 February 2020 and had its Second Reading on 2 March 2020. The Committee Stage ran from 8-10 June 2020 and remaining Commons stages took place on 23 June 2020. The Bill was considered in the Lords between June 2020 and January 2021. Consideration of the Lords amendments will take place in the Commons on 27 January 2021.
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Higgs Boson (49 KB, PDF)
Scientists at CERN have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle, thought to be the Higgs Boson. Postulated in the 1960s, the Higgs Boson would explain why some particles have substance and thus fill a gap in the standard model of particle physics. The latter describes the behaviour of matter and energy since the Universe was about a hundredth of a billionth of a second old.
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Higgs Boson (49 KB, PDF)
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