Research Briefing
UK-French co-operation over controls at their shared borders has been formalised through a series of bilateral agreements. The most recent joint Ministerial statement, signed on 14 November, commits the UK to providing up to £62.2 million in 2022-23. The funding will be used to support a package of further measures intended to make the small boat route "unviable".
Research Briefing
What are the rules on aid spending to assist refugees hosted in the UK, and how does rising UK spending on refugees effect the UK's aid budget in 2022?
Constituency Casework
An overview of the Scottish civil legal aid system and related eligibility criteria.
Research Briefing
Asylum seekers are not generally allowed to work in the UK. There is a long-running campaign to have the permission to work rules relaxed, but the Government says that could create a 'pull factor' of asylum seekers to the UK.
Research Briefing
The Government published a Draft Victims Bill on 25 May 2022.This briefing provides background to victims policy, the development of the draft Bill, and an overview of its content.
Research Briefing
The Turks and Caicos, a UK Overseas Territory, has seen a rise in violent crime. What is the situation and how has the Territory and UK Government responded?
Research Briefing
Constituents sometimes complain to their MPs that a neighbour’s CCTV camera is “intrusive” and ask what the law states.
Research Briefing
The Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill 2022-23 is scheduled to have second reading on 9 December 2022. This briefing discusses the background to the Bill.
Insight
Three cases considering gender-critical beliefs have established two important points for employers.
Debate Pack
There will be a General Debate on the future of BBC local radio on 8 December 2022.
Insight
What is the background to Irish independence and how did it impact the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Research Briefing
This briefing summarises statistics on asylum seekers in the UK and refugees who arrive through resettlement programmes.
Research Briefing
This short paper summarises trends in unemployment rates and looks at how rates vary by ethnicity, age and sex.
Data Dashboard
Find 2021 census data on which country people were born in by constituency
Data Dashboard
Use the interactive dashboard to explore data for parliamentary constituencies, covering topics including unemployment, house prices and election results
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