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Finance

  • Research Briefing

    Unclaimed financial assets / dormant accounts

    Friday, 03 March, 2017

    This note explains current moves to provide a mechanism for using unclaimed financial assets for charitable purposes, outlines the scale of the issue and provides advice on how constituents can check to see if they can reclaim any 'lost' assets. A more complete account of the issue can be found in Library Research Paper 08/73 which was produced for the passage of the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill, in 2008.

    • Research Briefing
    • Finance
  • Debate Pack

    Purchase of distressed assets by Cerberus Capital Management.

    Friday, 17 February, 2017

    Purchase of distressed assets by Cerberus Capital Management.

    • Debate Pack
    • Finance
  • Debate Pack

    Future of the London Stock Exchange

    Thursday, 16 February, 2017

    Parliamentary debate 21/2/17: Future of the London Stock Exchange

    • Debate Pack
    • Business
    • Finance
  • Research Briefing

    Criminal Finances Bill: Committee Stage Report

    Thursday, 16 February, 2017

    This Paper provides a guide to the Second Reading and Committee stage of the Criminal Finance Bill currently before the Commons. The Bill has broad cross party support and very few changes were made to it during Committee.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Finance
    • Tax
  • Research Briefing

    Green Investment Bank: Proposed Sale

    Tuesday, 24 January, 2017

    A Commons Library Briefing on the creation of the Green Investment Bank by the Government and the ongoing debate around its proposed privatisation.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Finance
  • Research Briefing

    Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill 2016-17: Progress of the Bill

    Tuesday, 03 January, 2017

    This Commons Library briefing summarises the progress of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill 2016-17.

    • Research Briefing
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Finance
    • International development
  • Research Briefing

    Savings (Government Contributions) Bill – debates in Parliament

    Thursday, 10 November, 2016

    Covers debates in Parliament on the legislation to introduce the Lifetime ISA and Help to Save Accounts announced in Budget 2016

    • Research Briefing
    • Finance
    • Housing and planning
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Commons Library Analysis of the Criminal Finances Bill (Bill 75 of 2016-17)

    Friday, 21 October, 2016

    This Briefing Paper has been prepared for the second reading debate of the Criminal Finances Bill on 25 October 2016. The Bill aims to improve the Government's ability to target the revenue generated by organised crime.

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
    • Finance
    • Security
  • Research Briefing

    Savings (Government Contributions) Bill

    Monday, 17 October, 2016

    Library briefing for Second Reading debate on 17 October 2016

    • Research Briefing
    • Finance
    • Housing and planning
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: impact across policy areas

    Friday, 26 August, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the situation in a range of policy areas and considers what impact Brexit might have. This will depend, among other things, on the Brexit negotiations, whether the UK stays in the European Economic Area and how the Government fills any policy gaps left by withdrawal.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Aviation
    • Business
    • Civil law
    • Climate change
    • Consumers
    • Criminal law
    • Culture, media and sport
    • Defence equipment and spending
    • Defence policy
    • Economic policy
    • Economic situation
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Farming and fishing
    • Finance
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Higher education
    • Housing benefits
    • Immigration
    • Industry
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • International trade
    • Justice
    • Medicine
    • Nationality
    • Pensions
    • Press and media
    • Rail
    • Sciences
    • Security
    • Tax
    • The EU
    • Transport
    • Work and incomes
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Social Enterprise

    Tuesday, 12 July, 2016

    This note describes the make up of what is often called the economic third sector or social enterprise.

    • Research Briefing
    • Finance
  • Research Briefing

    Commons Library analysis: Shining a light on beneficial ownership: what’s happening in the UK and elsewhere?

    Friday, 17 June, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing describes measures being taken in the UK and elsewhere to make ownership of companies, land and real property more transparent.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Civil law
    • Crime
    • Finance
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • International development
    • Overseas territories
    • Tax
  • Research Briefing

    EU Referendum: analysis of the UK’s new EU Settlement

    Thursday, 26 May, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing looks at the new Settlement for the United Kingdom within the European Union agreed at the European Council on 17-19 February 2016. The Settlement consists of seven texts: a Decision and a Statement of Heads of State or Government and five Declarations.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Finance
    • Government
    • Parliament
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    Commons Library analysis: The international anti-corruption summit in May 2016

    Friday, 20 May, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing discusses the international summit on anti-corruption held in London on 12 May 2016 and what so far has emerged from it.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Finance
    • International development
    • Overseas territories
    • Tax
  • Debate Pack

    Anti-corruption summit in May 2016

    Friday, 29 April, 2016

    This is a short overview of the issues that may be discussed in the debate in Westminster Hall on 3 May 2016 between 9.30 and 11am - Anti-corruption summit. The Member who secured the debate is Nigel Mills MP (Conservative, Amber Valley).

    • Debate Pack
    • Finance
    • International organisations
    • Overseas territories

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