Research Briefing
A large amount of plastic is accumulating in large areas of the sea. These areas have been dubbed 'great garbage patches' or 'plastic continents'. The long term environmental impacts of marine plastic pollution are unknown. There are concerns that it may lead to chemical contaminants entering the food chain, although more research is required.
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This note describes the law covering the fitting and wearing of seat belts in coaches and buses, this includes vehicles of that type used to transport children.
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This note provides information on the Clear Line of Sight project which aims to improve presentation and reporting of public expenditure.
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The Digital Economy Act 2010 received the Royal Assent on 8 April 2010 following accelerated debate in the House of Commons as part of the pre-election "wash-up". The present Government has confirmed that there are no plans to repeal any of the Act's provisions
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This note outlines the responsibilities of the Department for Transport for school buses. It describes the pilot schemes recently carried out on the use of yellow school buses and touches on some of the other areas of concern such as vehicle safety and passenger behaviour.
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This note provides a summary of the main points of the 2010 Budget and the initial reaction to it.
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This note briefly summarises the bus policy of the Conservative Government in the 1980s, during which time bus services were deregulated (except in London) and bus companies were privatised.
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This note gives the economic, public finance and taxation background to the June 2010 Budget
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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 May 2010).
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This note describes the duty of the local highway authority to maintain the highway (including, in the definition of that term, pavements) and those defences that an authority can use if a pedestrian is injured on the pavement.
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This note looks at the safety issues on the River Thames that came to light as a result of the Marchioness disaster in 1989 and measures taken to deal with them.
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This note briefly explains how the Marine Safety Act 2003 came into being and those problems it was designed to address.
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This is a archived Commons Library briefing on Emerging economies: Brazil, China, India & Russia (BRICs) from 2010.
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This short note briefly explains the debate surrounding Manchester Airport's application to build a second runway in the late 1990s.
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This note describes the political and economic agreement between Britain and France to build and operate Concorde. It does not cover the technology.
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