Research Briefing
Horse Meat Controls and Regulations
This note covers the controls in place to ensure any horse meat entering the food chain is fit for human consumption, including details of horse passports
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Research Briefing
Food Prices and Affordability
Food prices have hit historic peaks in the last few years. This note sets out recent trends internationally, UK policy responses and the follow through to UK prices and spending habits.
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Research Briefing
Energy complaints and the Energy Ombudsman
This short note outlines complaints routes against energy companies.
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Research Briefing
EU bibliographies: Consumer rights directive
This Note brings together documents relevant to the proposed "Consumer Rights Directive" and its scrutiny in the UK and EU. It is not an attempt to define policy in this area. For information on policy developments contact Lorraine Conway on extn 5937. See also SN/HA/5097 Proposed Consumer Rights Directive
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Research Briefing
Constituency casework: consumer protection
This note provides a brief introduction to UK consumer protection law. Most importantly, it refers to sources of information that may be helpful to Members’ staff when dealing with straightforward questions.
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Research Briefing
Credit Reference Agencies
This note outlines the operation and regulation of credit reference agencies. From April 2014 there will be a new activity of providing credit references that will replace the current activity of operating a credit reference agency. It also looks at the law surrounding the data which the agencies have access to.
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Research Briefing
Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [HL]
The Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [HL] is subject to the fast-track procedure. The Bill was introduced into the House of Lords where it had its Second Reading debate on 24 April 2012. It is expected to complete its remaining stages in the House of Lords on 26 April 2012 and then to be introduced in the House of Commons. All stages of the Bill are expected to take place in the House of Commons on just one day, 30 April 2012. Given these time constraints, this Paper has been published after the Bill’s Second Reading in the House of Lords but before its consideration in Committee.
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Research Briefing
Travel law: proposed changes to ATOL
This note looks at the ATOL scheme, focusing on the weaknesses of the ATOL model and the deficit funding of the ATTF. It considers in detail the proposed ATOL reforms contained in secondary and primary legislation. Finally, it also considers EU initiatives for reform to travel law.
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Research Briefing
Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill
The purpose of this note is to provide more detailed information about the background to this Bill.
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Research Briefing
Debt management businesses
The purpose of this note is to provide an overview of the background too, and the main features of, the revised OFT guidance.
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Research Briefing
Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill
This Bill attempts to update, clarify and consolidate existing law and guidance about what insurance companies might reasonably expect their customers to tell them when they apply for insurance.
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Research Briefing
Government proposals to change the consumer landscape
The purpose of this note is to consider in detail the current system of consumer protection and enforcement under the Government’s new consumer landscape.
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Research Briefing
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill: Committee stage report
This is an account of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill and has been prepared for the Report and Third Reading of the Bill, scheduled for 8 September 2011. It supplements Research Paper 11/34, prepared for the Second Reading of the Bill in the Commons on 28 April 2011.
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