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Criminal law

  • Research Briefing

    The Psychoactive Substances Bill 2015-16: Report on Committee Stage

    Friday, 15 January, 2016

    This briefing paper is produced prior to the Report Stage of the Psychoactive Substances Bill 2015-16.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Medicine
    • Prisons
  • Research Briefing

    Fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales

    Friday, 08 January, 2016

    Some notorious cases have highlighted concerns about whether police in England and Wales “shoot to kill” and whether the systems that might hold the police to account are effective.

    • Research Briefing
    • Communities
    • Criminal law
    • Police
  • Research Briefing

    Criminal Cases Review Commission

    Thursday, 07 January, 2016

    The CCRC was created to prevent a repeat of the notorious miscarriages of justice of the 1970s and 1980s.This Commons briefing paper provides an overview of the commission's approach to applications, its history and of the debate as to whether it is fit for purpose.

    • Research Briefing
    • Courts
    • Criminal law
  • Debate Pack

    Access to Justice in Wales

    Friday, 11 December, 2015

    A Westminster Hall debate on access to justice in Wales has been scheduled for Tuesday 15 December 2015 at 1630hrs. The member in charge of the debate is Carolyn Harris.

    • Debate Pack
    • Civil law
    • Courts
    • Criminal law
    • Justice
  • Research Briefing

    Armed Forces Bill 2015‑16

    Friday, 11 December, 2015

    The five-yearly Armed Forces Bill provides the legal basis for the UK's armed forces and its system of military law.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Communities
    • Criminal law
  • Research Briefing

    Serious driving offences

    Monday, 07 December, 2015

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
    • Roads
  • Research Briefing

    Riot (Compensation) Bill

    Tuesday, 01 December, 2015

    The riots in London and other cities in 2011 raised serious issues about insurance liability and compensation. This Bill is the response.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Finance
  • Research Briefing

    Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill

    Friday, 27 November, 2015

    This Commons Library Briefing gives an overview of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill which would provide for an extension of the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s powers to obtain information to aid its inquiries.

    • Research Briefing
    • Courts
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
  • Debate Pack

    Personal Injury Fraud

    Tuesday, 17 November, 2015

    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.

    • Debate Pack
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Finance
    • Roads
  • Research Briefing

    Mandatory life sentences for murder

    Thursday, 12 November, 2015

    Murder carries a mandatory life sentence. This can mean that the offender will spend the rest of his natural life in prison, although more commonly the offender will spend a "minimum term" in custody before being released on licence. This briefing from the Commons Library describes the legal framework within which minimum terms are set and the circumstances in which a "whole life" minimum term may be imposed.

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
  • Debate Pack

    Debate pack: E-petition relating to making the production, sale and use of cannabis legal

    Friday, 09 October, 2015

    This debate pack is prepared for the Westminster Hall debate on the e-petition relating to making the production, sale and use of cannabis legal on 12 October at 4.30pm. Debate packs are produced quickly after the announcement of parliamentary business. They are intended to provide a summary or overview of the issue being debated and identify relevant briefings and useful documents, including press and parliamentary material. More detailed briefing can be prepared for MPs on request.

    • Debate Pack
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Medicine
  • Research Briefing

    The Assisted Dying (No 2) Bill 2015

    Friday, 04 September, 2015

    This Briefing Paper is prepared for the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying (No 2) Bill 2015 on 11 September 2015.

    • Research Briefing
    • Civil law
    • Communities
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Health
    • Institutions
    • Medicine
  • Research Briefing

    Comparative Prison Sentences in the EU

    Monday, 08 June, 2015

    This briefing provides a downloadable tool which allows the user to make a graphical comparison of unsuspended custodial sentences for like crimes across the EU. Two countries may be selected for comparison of nine different offence types, with graphs showing the percentage of custodial sanctions awarded by sentence length.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • EU law and treaties
    • Prisons
  • Research Briefing

    New Psychoactive Substances

    Thursday, 04 June, 2015

    This briefing paper has been withdrawn. It has been replaced by the Library briefing on the Psychoactive Substance Bill 2015.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Health
    • Sciences
  • Research Briefing

    Modern Slavery Bill: Progress of the Bill

    Friday, 13 March, 2015

    This is a note on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Modern Slavery Bill. It complements Library Research Paper 14/37 prepared for the Commons Second Reading.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Criminal law

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