Research Briefing
The Trussell Trust, a charity working to end the need of food banks, has reported a 15% drop in the number of three-day emergency food parcels it distributed between 31 March 2021 and 1 April 2022, compared to the year before. This was still an increase of 14% compared to the year 2019-2020, before the pandemic. In 2021-22 it distributed 2.1 million food parcels in the UK.
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This briefing paper provides information on the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill 2022-23, introduced in the House of Commons by Dean Russell MP as a Private Member's Bill on 15 June 2022. The paper lays out the background, content and commentary on the Bill.
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This briefing paper provides information on the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill 2022-23, introduced in the House of Commons by Stuart C McDonald MP as a Private Member's Bill on 15 June 2022. The paper lays out the background, content and commentary on the Bill.
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Latest statistics on UK's trade performance and balance of payments
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To meet demand for Covid-19 vaccines, some countries have argued for a waiver on intellectual property rights for vaccines. This paper sets out the debate.
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Components of GDP: data on the components that make up GDP, including household consumption, government spending, investment, trade and output by sector.
Research Briefing
This page features Commons Library publications relevant to the current crisis in Ukraine.
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This briefing paper provides an overview of the different types of civil law debt enforcement methods available to a judgment creditor in England and Wales.
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Since the 1990s UK governments have adopted targets to guide their management of the public finances. Here we look at the UK's fiscal targets, or fiscal rules, and the Treasury's wider policy for managing the public finances.
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This paper explains the legislative frameworks and policies that apply to public transport users with disabilities or reduced mobility.
Debate Pack
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall at 6.00pm on Monday 11 July 2022 on e-petition 597171, relating to the hunting of dolphins and whales in the Faroe Islands. The subject for the debate has been nominated by the Petitions Committee, and the debate will be opened by John Nicholson MP.
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This briefing looks at how the Barnett formula works and includes a brief summary of the debate surrounding the formula.
Insight
What can be learnt from the US experience of Economic Impact Payments since 2020 for cost-of-living support?
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This briefing paper provides a outline of bankruptcy procedures in England and Wales. It also considers a call for evidence on the personal insolvency framework launched by the Insolvency Service in July 2022.
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This House of Commons Library briefing paper looks at the requirements on schools, colleges and universities in England to provide careers guidance, the quality of the advice provided, and also the organisations working to provide careers advice.
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