Research Briefing
The SNP won the most seats in the Scottish Parliament in the elections on 6 May 2021. This paper provides data on voting trends and electoral turnout for constituencies, electoral regions, and for Scotland as a whole.
Insight
Arlene Foster has announced her intention to resign as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and First Minister of Northern Ireland.
Debate Pack
A general debate on Welsh Affairs is held each year in the Commons Chamber on, or around, St. David's Day. Since 2010, the Backbench Committee has allocated time for the annual debate from its 35 allotted days.
Research Briefing
This is a reading list of publications on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and future UK-EU relations from library, research services and committees of the UK and devolved parliaments and assemblies.
Research Briefing
This paper provides a timeline of the major events leading up to the EU referendum and subsequent dates of note, including Brexit Day itself.
Research Briefing
The House of Commons considered Lords amendments to the UK Internal Market Bill 2019-21 on 7 December 2020. This briefing explains the House of Lords amendments to the Bill.
Research Briefing
This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides a high-level overview of recent changes to social security provision in Northern Ireland and Scotland, including the devolution of significant welfare powers, and analyses how this has affected the structure of the UK social security system as a whole.
Research Briefing
Having left the EU, the government is setting up for an independent UK state aid or ‘subsidy control’ regime, based on WTO rules and its international commitments. This briefing sets out the background of the new approach and the negotiations on state aid with the EU.
Insight
This Insight looks at how Covid-19 public health restrictions are put in place by the Government, and Parliament’s role in scrutinising those decisions.
Insight
This Insight looks at the Scottish and Welsh Governments' position after publishing ‘Legislative Consent Memorandums’ (LCM) regarding the UK Internal Market Bill.
Insight
This Insight looks at whether anything in the Scotland Act 1998 (the 1998 Act) prevents the UK Government from spending in policy areas devolved to Scotland and the proposed new spending powers in the UK Internal Market Bill.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper sets out the background to the UK Internal Market Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 9 September 2020.
Research Briefing
The independence movement in the Spanish region of Catalonia provoked a dramatic constitutional crisis in Spain and changed Spain's political scene...
Insight
From 1 January 2021, hundreds of powers previously exercised by the European Union will flow back to the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast.
Insight
Examines intergovernmental relations in the UK, the proposed changes in a recent White Paper and concerns from the Scottish and Welsh Governments
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