Research Briefing
Local election 2006
Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26.
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Research Briefing
Freedom of Information, data protection and papers of a previous administration
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 has now been in force from January 2005. This Standard Note examines the interaction between data protection with particular reference to the position of officials and the papers of a previous administration.
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Research Briefing
Power to the People: the report of Power, an Independent Inquiry into Britain’s Democracy.
The Power Inquiry was established and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust to investigate why there has been a decline in participation in formal politics and to make proposals to reverse this trend. The report of the Power Inquiry was published on 27 February 2006.
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Research Briefing
The Lyons and Gershon Reviews and variations in Civil Service conditions
Organisational changes to the Civil Service over the past thirty years have meant that the majority of civil servants now work in Departments and Executive Agencies in which the responsibility for pay and conditions are decided locally. Uniform pay structures and conditions of service have been significantly eroded. The Government have launched major reviews into the operation of the civil service and these include the Lyons and Gershon Reviews.
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Research Briefing
Local and Mayoral elections 2005
Local and Mayoral elections 2005. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/93
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Research Briefing
Public Service Agreements
This note offers a brief summary of the history and purpose of Public Service Agreements, introduced in 1998 as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
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Research Briefing
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005- the role of the Lord Chancellor
This Note is designed to provide a short supplement to Standard Notes no 2105 and Research Papers 05/05 which described the provisions of, and background to, the Constitutional Reform Bill in relation to the Lord Chancellor until its second reading in the Commons. The Bill had a protracted initial passage through the Lords where a special committee had taken evidence on the Bill before eventual report stage and third reading. The scrutiny of the Bill in the Commons was truncated by the general election of 2005.
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Research Briefing
Council Tax ( New Valuation Lists for England) Bill (Bill 57 of 2005-06)
The Council Tax (New Valuation Lists For England) Bill (Bill 57 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/73
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Research Briefing
The Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill [HL] 2004-5
This note describes the background to this Bill which had its second reading on 16 December 2004.
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Research Briefing
Freedom of Information implementation
Freedom of Information implementation. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/84.
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Research Briefing
Collective Responsibility of Ministers
The collective responsibility of ministers - an outline of the issues. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/82.
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Research Briefing
Children Bill (HL) (Bill 144 of 2003/04)
Children Bill (HL) (Bill 144 of 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/68.
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Research Briefing
Referendums on Regional Assemblies
This Paper looks at the policy background to the draft Orders for the conduct of three regional referendums due to be held on 4 November 2004. Including maps of proposed regions.
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