Insight
Affordable insurance for flood-risk properties: Flood Re
How can the insurance industry ensure people affected by flooding can get affordable household cover?
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Debate Pack
Incineration of industrial and commercial waste
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall at 4.30pm on Tuesday 28 January 2020 on the incineration of industrial and commercial waste. The debate will be opened by Stephen Doughty MP.
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Insights for the new Parliament (plus BSL video)
Impartial analysis of some of the key issues that parliamentarians will have to address in the new Parliament
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Research Briefing
Brexit debates 2019
This paper provides links to a selection of debates that have referenced Brexit in the title or during a debate in 2019. This paper will be updated periodically.
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Research Briefing
Fisheries Bill 2019-20
The Fisheries Bill 2019-20 was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 19 December 2019. No date is yet available for second reading.
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Research Briefing
Chile Madrid climate change conference: COP25
This is a short House of Commons briefing paper on the 2019 international climate change conference (COP25) held in Madrid, Spain.
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Insight
Farm futures: A changing landscape for UK agriculture?
The new Parliament could see the biggest changes to farm policy for decades
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Insight
Acting on climate change: The plan for net zero emissions in the UK
Overview of what is likely to lead the debate on climate change action in the new Parliament
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Insight
On target? Five environmental challenges for 2020 and beyond
Five environmental areas are likely to lead the parliamentary scrutiny agenda: environmental governance, biodiversity loss, resources and waste, air quality and flooding
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Research Briefing
Brexit Glossary
This Commons Library research briefing contains a list of commonly-used terms and acronyms that have needed clarification since the United Kingdom voted in the June 2016 EU referendum.
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Research Briefing
Net zero in the UK
This Library briefing provides an explanation of the introduction of the UK's net zero by 2050 legislative target. It provides the context for the emissions reduction target; a brief overview of relevant commentary and analysis of the Government's proposals; and any key announcements and commitments made since.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: Trade issues for food and agriculture
This briefing discusses how future UK trade policy after Brexit could affect the availability, price and quality of food, as well as the prospects for farmers, food producers and processors. It sets out key statistics on the UK’s international food and drink trade and considers the potential opportunities and challenges of new trading relationships after the UK leaves the EU, including under a Withdrawal Agreement or a no deal scenario.
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Research Briefing
Planning for a no-deal Brexit
After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019 the Government intensified planning for a no-deal Brexit and stressed its intention to take the UK out of the EU on 31 October with or without a deal. But the UK remained in the EU after 31 October after a further extension of the Article 50 period was agreed with the EU. A no-deal Brexit however remains the default outcome if an agreement is not ratified. This briefing paper provides an overview of Government and EU preparations for a no-deal Brexit, and of recent reports analysing the possible impact of this outcome
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Research Briefing
General licences for controlling wild birds
This paper provides an overview of the general licence system for controlling wild birds in England, following media attention given to the revocation of three licences in April 2019.
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Research Briefing
Fisheries and Brexit
Following Brexit, the UK will no longer be part of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). It will become an independent coastal state and be fully responsible for managing fisheries in the UK’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), extending 200 nautical miles (nm) from shore
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