Research Briefing
This House of Commons Library briefing paper outlines the effect of changes made to Standing Orders on 22 October 2015 to implement the Government's plans for English votes for English laws. This paper outlines the effect of the new Standing Orders on Government bills. It also provides some background on the debate on and scrutiny of the proposals.
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This paper explains how transport has been devolved from Westminster to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It gives information on those areas which remain reserved to Westminster and where you can find more information about devolved policies.
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The UK Government triggered Article 50 on 29 March 2017, beginning the formal process of negotiating the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU). Leaving the EU will require major changes to the statute book and to the UK’s constitutional framework.
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The Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointments and Regional Rates) Bill 2016-17 allows a longer period, lasting until 29 June 2017, for an Executive to be formed, and sets a regional rate to allow rates bills to be issued.
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What are EU directives and what will happen to them when the UK leaves the EU? This paper looks at EU directives in force and how they are implemented in the UK. This will give some idea of the task ahead for UK legislators.
Debate Pack
Debate on the motion: "That this House has considered the implications for the Scottish devolution settlement of triggering Article 50".
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The Northern Ireland Assembly elections on 2 March 2017 took place just 301 days from the previous elections. The resignation of the Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, on 9 January 2017 set in train a sequence of statutory provisions that has led to an early election to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Debate Pack
The Scottish Parliament now has the power to set the main rates of income tax. A motion to be debated on 7 March 2017 would amend Standing Orders on English votes for English laws to take into account that in future there may be legislation relating to income tax rates that are exclusive to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Debate Pack
An Opposition Day debate on a motion relating to Armed forces and investigation and prosecution of historical cases, will be held in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 23 February 2017. The debate will arise on a motion in the name of the Democratic Unionist Party.
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This Library briefing analyses the short Bill that offers Parliament its first opportunity to give legal effect to the result of the EU referendum by providing the UK Government with authority to trigger Article 50 on leaving the EU.
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How does the UK implement EU law and how many UK laws are there which implement EU law? This paper looks at how the majority of EU directives are implemented in the UK and lists EU-related UK Statutory Instruments.
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This Commons Library note sets out the legal implications of the resignation of Martin McGuinness as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on 9 January 2017.
Debate Pack
Debate Pack for the Westminster Hall Debate on the Implementation of the Stormont House Agreement initiated by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, 10 January 2016 at 4.30pm.
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This Commons Library briefing paper outlines the housing aspects of devolution deals that have been agreed between the Government and local areas. The includes which housing and planning powers will be devolved under the deals, what progress has been made towards implementation, and which other powers local areas have asked for.
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