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Research Briefing

Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill

Tuesday, 29 January, 2019

The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL] would create a framework to enable law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to apply to a UK court for an ‘overseas production order’ requiring a person (in practice, generally a communications service provider or ‘CSP’) in a foreign jurisdiction to produce or grant access to electronic data for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting serious crime. An application would only be granted if the judge was satisfied that the data was likely to be of substantial value to the criminal proceedings or investigations for which it was sought, and that it would be in the public interest.
Research Briefing

Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill 2017-19

Monday, 21 January, 2019

The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill 2017-19 (HC Bill 219) was published on Wednesday 6 June 2018. Consideration of Lords amendments by the House of Commons is scheduled for 22 January 2019
Research Briefing

The Political Declaration on the Framework for Future EU-UK Relations

Friday, 30 November, 2018

This paper looks at the Political Declaration on the Framework for the Future Relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which was agreed by EU leaders on 25 November.
Research Briefing

Stalking: Developments in the law

Wednesday, 21 November, 2018

A Private Members' Bill with Government support aims to introduce new civil Stalking Protection Orders. The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 was introduced to deal with stalking, but critics argued that it was not effective enough. Scotland introduced a specific offence of stalking in 2010, and England and Wales created two new specific offences in 2012. Northern Ireland still relies on the more general offence of harassment.
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- Criminal law
Research Briefing

Brexit Unknowns (update)

Wednesday, 26 September, 2018

What do we still not know about the Brexit process or the withdrawal agreement with the EU that is currently being negotiated? This paper looks at some of the main unknowns.
Research Briefing

Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill 2017-19

Friday, 17 August, 2018

The Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill 2017-19 was introduced on 21 June 2018. It has completed its Committee Stage and is awaiting Report and Third Reading on 5 September 2018.
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- Criminal law
Debate Pack

Estimates day: Ministry of Justice spending

Friday, 29 June, 2018

Overview of MoJ spending with detailed statistics on prisons and probation, courts, and legal aid.
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- Civil law
- Courts
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- Justice
- Prisons
Debate Pack

Public legal education

Friday, 11 May, 2018

A Westminster Hall debate on Public legal education is scheduled for Tuesday 15 May 2018 at 2.30pm. The Member leading the debate is Ranil Jayawardena MP.
Research Briefing

Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill 2017-19

Wednesday, 25 April, 2018

The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill 2017-19 is a Private Member’s Bill, introduced by Chris Bryant. It would introduce a new offence of assaulting an emergency worker, new sentencing guidance, and new powers to take bodily samples from suspects. This Briefing Paper discusses the background to and content of the Bill, and has been updated to reflect the Committee stage debate.
Research Briefing

Brexit: new guidelines on the framework for future EU-UK relations

Thursday, 19 April, 2018

Brexit negotiations have resumed and this third phase will cover issues outstanding from the last phases - the Irish border in particular - and the framework for future EU-UK relations. This paper looks at how the EU and the UK envisage their relationship after Brexit.
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Research Briefing

Data Protection Bill [HL] 2017-19: Committee Stage Report

Friday, 13 April, 2018

Commons Library Committee Stage Report on the Data Protection Bill [HL] 2017-19
Research Briefing

Brexit: the draft withdrawal agreement

Monday, 26 March, 2018

The Commission published a draft legal text of the withdrawal agreement in February 2018 and an updated draft on 15 March. On 19 March a third text was published which showed where there is full agreement between the EU and the UK, where there is agreement in principle and where there is no agreement. This paper looks at the recent draft, making reference to earlier drafts where relevant.
Research Briefing

Commons Library analysis of the Data Protection Bill [HL] 2017-19

Thursday, 01 March, 2018

This Briefing Paper has been prepared for the second reading of the Data Protection Bill [HL] 2017-19 on 5 March 2018.
Debate Pack

Joint Enterprise

Tuesday, 23 January, 2018

A Backbench Business Committee debate on Joint Enterprise is scheduled for Thursday 25 January 2018. The debate will be opened by Lucy Powell MP.
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- Criminal law
Debate Pack

Motion to approve European documents relating to the Schengen Information System

Friday, 15 December, 2017

A debate on a Motion to approve European documents relating to the Schengen Information System is scheduled for Tuesday 19 December 2017.

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