Research Briefing
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill introduces reforms in a number of areas.
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Research Briefing
Members’ pay and expenses – current rates and a review of developments since 2009
This Research Paper reviews changes in Members' pay and allowances/expenses since 2009.
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Research Briefing
Disclosure of tax returns for public officials and holders of public office
During the campaign for the London mayor in 2012, the two main candidates, Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, agreed to release details of their tax returns. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have also suggested that the policy could be extended more widely. This Note looks at the arguments for and against so far, and looks at selected international comparisons.
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Research Briefing
Measuring well-being
How is measurement of well-being or "happiness" being investigated in the UK to complement more traditional measures of progress?
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Research Briefing
Opposition Day Debates: 1997-2010
Opposition day debates under Labour governments: 1997-2010
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Research Briefing
Queen’s Speech 2012
This Standard Note gathers together speculation on the issues that might be included in the forthcoming Queen’s Speech.
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Research Briefing
National Parliaments and EU law-making: how is the ‘yellow card’ system working?
This Note considers the background to the ‘yellow card’ subsidiarity early warning mechanism and its application in practice since the Lisbon Treaty came into force.
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Research Briefing
Election of the chair and members of the Backbench Business Committee (BBCom)
On 12 March 2012, the House agreed changes to the rules for the election of the chair and members of the Backbench Business Committee. The previous rules, changes made and background to the changes are reviewed in this note.
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Research Briefing
Orders under the Public Bodies Act 2011
The Public Bodies Act 2011 received royal assent on 14 December 2011. The Act provides for orders to be brought forward to abolish, merge, modify the constitutional arrangements of; modify the funding arrangements of; and modify or transfer the functions of public bodies.
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Research Briefing
Lobbying
This note sets out issues relating to lobbying in the UK, including the announcement of the Government’s consultation paper on a statutory register. It includes background to the Public Administration Select Committee's inquiry and the main findings of their report as well as the Government response. It also includes details of the 1991 Select Committee on Members' Interests report and the relevant work of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
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Research Briefing
The West Lothian question
This note explores the concept of the 'West Lothian Question' in the light of the devolution settlements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1999.
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Research Briefing
Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary representation
This standard note provides a summary of the main recommendations of the Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary representation which published its final report in January 2010.
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Research Briefing
Review of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 by the Committee on Members’ Expenses
This note provides links to background information relevant to the Committee on Members' Expenses review of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009.
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Research Briefing
Pre-1995 Library Research Briefings
The purpose of this Standard Note is to list, by series, and in chronological order within each series, all pre-1995 House of Commons Library Research briefings. Many of them are not available electronically. About 2,000 documents fall into this category.
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Research Briefing
The Intelligence and Security Committee:
This paper is essentially a short selective bibliography of resources on the Intelligence and Security Committee.
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