Research Briefing
Transport for London: funding
This short briefing sets out what has happened to TfL's budget since 2010 and how it will be affected by the 2015 Spending Review. The tables below are also attached in Excel.
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Research Briefing
Serious driving offences
This paper provides a general overview of charging and sentencing policy and successive governments’ approaches to serious driving offences, including careless and dangerous driving, and causing serious injury or death thereby.
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Research Briefing
Immigration Bill 2015-16: Committee Stage Report
The Immigration Bill is due to have Report and Third Reading in the Commons on 1 December. This briefing summarises the main changes made to the Bill in Public Bill Committee and some of the new clauses proposed for consideration at Report stage.
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Research Briefing
Low Emission Zones
This short briefing explains what Low Emission Zones are, how they work and what changes we might see in this field in the future.
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Debate Pack
Personal Injury Fraud
A Westminster Hall debate on personal injury fraud has been scheduled for Wednesday 18 November 2015 at 1430hrs. The member in charge of the debate is Karl McCartney.
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Research Briefing
Immigration Bill 2015-16
The Immigration Bill 2015-16 is due to have its second reading in the Commons on 13 October.
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Research Briefing
VW and vehicle emissions testing
This short briefing provides an overview of the problems that have been uncovered at VW regarding emissions testing, what has happened since, and how world governments are planning to deal with it.
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Research Briefing
Strategic Road Network (SRN)
This briefing paper provides information about the construction, enlargement, management and maintenance of the Strategic Road Network (SRN) in England. Trunk roads in Wales and Scotland are managed by the Welsh Government and Transport Scotland, respectively and are not covered herein.
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Research Briefing
Motor Insurers’ Bureau: untraced and uninsured drivers
Motor Insurers' Bureau: untraced and uninsured drivers. By Louise Butcher & Tim Edmonds. SN/BT/1997.
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Research Briefing
Smoking in public places
This note outlines the provisions of the smoking ban in England that came into effect on 1 July 2007 in a practical context. It also includes recent developments such as the introduction of new regulations in 2015 regarding smoking in private vehicles.
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Research Briefing
Driving: drugs
This note provides information on the offences for drug driving and their enforcement.
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Research Briefing
Infrastructure Bill [HL]
This is a ‘portmanteau’ bill, covering a number of separate but related areas.
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Research Briefing
Taxis: quantity restrictions
This note looks at the issue of quantity restrictions on taxis and proposals for their removal. Taxi regulation is a devolved matter; this note deals only with England and Wales.
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Research Briefing
Deregulation Bill: Committee Stage Report
The Bill proposes a range of measures in line with the Government’s aim to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses and public authorities.
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