Lorna Booth – House of Commons Library

Commons Research Briefing Economic situation

Components of GDP: Key Economic Indicators

Published Tuesday, June 30, 2020July 3, 2020 Lorna Booth

Components of GDP: data on the components that make up GDP, including household consumption, government spending, investment, trade and output by sector. …

Commons Research Briefing Business Diseases

Commons Library analysis of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill [HC 2019-21]

Published Monday, June 01, 2020July 3, 2020 Georgina Hutton, Lorna Booth, Lorraine Conway, Steve Browning

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill [Bill 128] was introduced in the House of Commons on 20 May 2020 and is expected to have its Second Reading on 3 June 2020. …

Commons Research Briefing International trade

Trade Bill 2019-21

Published Monday, May 18, 2020July 3, 2020 David Torrance, Dominic Webb, Graeme Cowie, Lorna Booth

This briefing paper sets out the background to the Trade Bill 2019-21. This Bill has its Second Reading in the House of Commons on 20 May 2020.…

Commons Debate Pack Communities

The Horizon Settlement and the future governance of the Post Office Ltd

Published Tuesday, March 17, 2020July 3, 2020 Lorna Booth, Niamh Foley

A backbench business debate on ‘the Horizon Settlement and the future governance of the Post Office Ltd’ has been scheduled for Thursday 19 March 2020. The debate has been initiated by Kevan Jones MP.…

Commons Research Briefing Economic policy Economic situation Tax

Spring Budget 2020: a summary

Published Wednesday, March 11, 2020July 3, 2020 Chris Rhodes, Daniel Harari, Dominic Webb, Lorna Booth, Matthew Keep, Philip Brien

Spring Budget 2020 was presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Parliament on 11 March. Once the Chancellor sat down the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published updated forecasts in its Economic and fiscal outlook.…

Commons Research Briefing Communities

Post office numbers

Published Wednesday, March 04, 2020July 3, 2020 Lorna Booth, Niamh Foley

This briefing paper looks at how the number of post offices has changed over time, including by type and region / country. …

Commons Debate Pack Business Communities Justice

The Criminal Cases Review Commission’s process for review of convictions relating to the Post Office and Horizon accounting system

Published Tuesday, March 03, 2020July 3, 2020 Lorna Booth, Niamh Foley

A Westminster Hall debate on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s process for review of convictions relating to the Post Office and Horizon accounting system is scheduled for Thursday 5th March 2020 at 1.30pm.
The Member leading the debate is Lucy Allan MP.…

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Revisions to the Political Declaration on the framework for future EU-UK relations

Published Friday, October 18, 2019July 3, 2020 Claire Mills, Daniel Ferguson, Daniel Harari, Dominic Webb, Elena Ares, Federico Mor, Georgina Hutton, Graeme Cowie, Hannah Wilkins, Ilze Jozepa, Joanna Dawson, John Woodhouse, Jonathan Finlay, Lorna Booth, Louisa Brooke-Holland, Louise Butcher, Matthew Keep, Sara Priestley, Sarah Coe, Stefano Fella, Steven Browning, Steven Kennedy, Suzanna Hinson, Sylvia de Mars, Tim Edmonds, Vaughne Miller

The UK and EU agreed a revised Political Declaration on the framework for the future UK-EU relationship on 17 October. This Briefing provides an outline of the contents of the Declaration and the key changes in the revised text …

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The UK’s EU Withdrawal Agreement

Published Monday, July 08, 2019July 3, 2020 Antony Seely, Claire Mills, Dominic Webb, Elena Ares, Federico Mor, Gavin Phillipson, Georgina Hutton, Graeme Cowie, Hannah Wilkins, Ilze Jozepa, Joanna Dawson, John Curtis, John Woodhouse, Lorna Booth, Louise Butcher, Matthew Keep, Neil Johnston, Sara Priestley, Sarah Barber, Sarah Coe, Stefano Fella, Steven Kennedy, Suzanna Hinson, Sylvia de Mars, Vaughne Miller

This briefing looks in detail at the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the EU and UK and finalised on 14 November 2018. It was endorsed by EU Member State leaders at a special European Council summit on 25 November and the UK Prime Minister promoted it in the UK Parliament and around the country. The Agreement was debated at length in Parliament on several occasions and has been voted on three times. But the House of Commons has not endorsed it. A second extension of Article 50 took exit day to 31 October 2019, but once again the UK is faced with the possibility of leaving the EU without an agreement if this agreement or another one is not ratified by the UK and the EU. …

Commons Research Briefing Economic policy Economic situation

Economic Indicators, June 2019

Published Friday, June 28, 2019July 3, 2020 Lorna Booth, Matthew Ward, Philip Brien

Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators…

Brexit Economic updates Insight

Economic update: Growth and the March 29 effect

Published Thursday, June 27, 2019October 10, 2019 Lorna Booth

Preparations for the originally expected Brexit date of 29 March affected the economy. Some firms built up stocks in the run-up to the end of March – of these, some are being run down and some maintained.…

Commons Debate Pack Work & Incomes

Social mobility and inequality

Published Monday, May 20, 2019July 3, 2020 Daniel Harari, Grahame Allen, Lorna Booth

There will be an opposition day debate on social mobility and inequality on Wednesday 22 May 2019. This page lists key sources of information for the debate.…

Commons Research Briefing Economic situation Work & Incomes

People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, March 2019

Published Tuesday, April 16, 2019July 3, 2020 Daniel Harari, Lorna Booth, Matthew Ward

This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.…

Commons Research Briefing Communities