Research Briefing
Aviation: Eurocontrol air navigation charges
This note explains the single air navigation service charge legislated for in 2006 and implemented in full in January 2010.
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Metrication
This note sets out the debate about the continued use of imperial measures and where they are still permitted in law.
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Aviation: low cost airlines
This Note explains the legislative framework in which low cost airlines have flourished and looks at some of the issues associated with these airlines in recent years.
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Economic indicators, May 2010
A research paper series that summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Article:'The General Election and the financial markets' and 'Greece's debt crises']
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Aviation: European liberalisation, 1986-2002
This note traces the developments in the liberalisation of the air transport market within the European Union between 1986 and 2002.
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Workplace temperature
This note sets out controls on workplace temperature relating to maximum and minimum temperatures.
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Research Briefing
Regulation of tattooing and body piercing businesses
This note summarises the law under which tattooing and body piercing business are licensed and regulated
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Unemployment by constituency, May 2010
This paper presents labour market data for Parliamentary Constituencies. A summary of the latest national and regional labour market data is given, along with a selection of relevant constituency-level indicators including the latest Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimant count data, for April 2010.
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Cigarette packaging, labelling and health
This note summarises the legislation concerning health warnings on tobacco packaging.
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Irish banks: deposit protection
This note sets out the issues behind recent concerns surrounding the safety of deposits made by UK residents in Irish banks at the time of the financial crisis in 2008.
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Railways: Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
This note outlines the development of the Docklands Light Rail (DLR) system in East London and summarises the recent and planned expansion of the system.
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Research Briefing
Global Economic Crisis & developing countries
This note was last published on 26 August 2009 and will not be updated. In the early stages of the financial crisis there were hopes that it would be largely contained within developed economies, with developing economies having 'decoupled' from them. These early hopes proved unfounded, with developing countries struck by declining trade, a loss of investor confidence and withdrawal of investment, a fall in the value of vital remittances, and much reduced growth and contraction in some cases. There are also fears that aid flows may suffer in the aftermath of the crisis. This note summarises key reports and statistics, with links to further resources.
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Research Briefing
Tax Law Rewrite : the final Bills
In November 2009 two Bills to rewrite corporation tax and international tax legislation were introduced in the Commons - the last two Bills in the Tax Law Rewrite Project, launched in 1996. This note examines the background to the project, and the preparation of these last two Bills.
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Research Briefing
Transport and Works Act 1992
This Note explains why the TWA was introduced and how it works.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Central Railway
This note gives information on the proposed freight railway linking Liverpool and Glasgow with northern France, via the Channel Tunnel. The scheme has been stalled since 2006.
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