Research Briefing
President Muhammadu Buhari is now into the final year of his four-year term as president of Nigeria. Presidential and parliamentary elections must be held in 2019. Despite concerns in many quarters about his health, Buhari is standing again.
Debate Pack
A Backbench Business debate on Compensation for victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism is scheduled for Thursday 10 May 2018. The Member leading the debate is Laurence Robertson MP.
Research Briefing
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.
Research Briefing
This paper looks at the general prohibition in international law on the use of force or threat of force directed at other states, and the legal advice on which the Government decided to participate with the US and France in air strikes on Syrian government targets on 14 April.
Research Briefing
Commons Library Committee Stage Report on the Data Protection Bill [HL] 2017-19
Debate Pack
An Opposition Day debate on Police funding is scheduled for Wednesday 28 March 2018. The subject of the debate has been selected by the Leader of the Opposition.
Research Briefing
Tom Brake MP has secured the leave of the House for an emergency debate on security of elections and referendums. This has followed continued coverage of the use of personal data by Cambridge Analytica for political campaigning, and allegations of breaches of rules on referendum spending limits during the 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. The Cambridge Analytica case relates to data protection and possible illegal use of personal data. It has at the same time raised concerns about transparency in electoral campaigning.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Paper has been prepared for the second reading of the Data Protection Bill [HL] 2017-19 on 5 March 2018.
Research Briefing
National elections are due to be held in Pakistan in mid-2018. It will inevitably be a testing year for the country’s still-fragile democracy.
Debate Pack
A Backbench Business Committee debate on Proscription of Hezbollah is scheduled for Thursday 25 January 2018. The debate will be opened by Joan Ryan MP.
Research Briefing
This note provides a brief background to the protracted, but all but forgotten conflict in Balochistan, a marginalised but resource-rich and strategically important province of Pakistan.
Debate Pack
A debate on a Motion to approve European documents relating to the Schengen Information System is scheduled for Tuesday 19 December 2017.
Research Briefing
This paper provides a comparison of the arrangements for oversight of the intelligence agencies in the 'Five Eyes' nations: the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA
Research Briefing
Elections are due within a year or so in Bangladesh. The main political parties continue to be at loggerheads. Some detect a growing authoritarianism and there are concerns about the threat from terrorism. In recent months the country has also faced a massive refugee influx of Muslim Rohingya from Burma.
Debate Pack
A general debate on exiting the European Union and data protection is scheduled for Thursday 12 October 2017.
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