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Science, environment and technology

  • Debate Pack

    Taxpayer liability for safety at the Wylfa Nuclear power project

    Friday, 20 July, 2018

    This information has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 24 July 2018 at 2.30pm on taxpayer liability for safety at the Wylfa Nuclear power project. The debate will be opened by Alan Brown MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Business
    • Energy
  • Debate Pack

    Nuclear Sector Deal

    Tuesday, 10 July, 2018

    This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 11 July 2018 at 9.30am on the Nuclear Sector Deal. The debate will be opened by Trudy Harrison MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Energy
    • Industry
  • Research Briefing

    The Ivory Bill

    Thursday, 28 June, 2018

    This Commons Briefing Paper on the Ivory Bill covers the Government proposal to ban the commercial use of elephant ivory, with some exceptions. It also include background information on the ivory trade, its impact on wild elephant populations and international efforts to address this. The Bill has its Report Stage in the House of Commons on 4 July 2018.

    • Research Briefing
    • Africa
    • Animals
    • Asia Pacific
    • Environment
    • International law
    • International trade
  • Debate Pack

    e-petition debate relating to pet theft

    Thursday, 28 June, 2018

    A petition, 'Reclassify the theft of a pet to a specific crime in its own right', is open for signatures until 8 August 2018. It has received over 100,000 signatures and is due for debate in Westminster Hall on 2nd July at 4.30pm.

    • Debate Pack
    • Animals
    • Crime
  • Research Briefing

    Tidal lagoons

    Tuesday, 26 June, 2018

    This Commons Library briefing provides an overview of the potential UK wave and tidal resource and the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project.

    • Research Briefing
    • Energy
    • Environment
  • Insight

    What can artificial intelligence reveal about Brexit?

    Friday, 15 June, 2018

    How well can artificial intelligence understand language? We let a deep learning algorithm loose on millions of words found in Hansard from Brexit-related debates in the House of Commons. What did it find?

    • Insight
    • Technology
    • Brexit
  • Debate Pack

    Potential for geothermal energy resources in the UK

    Thursday, 14 June, 2018

    A debate will take place in Westminster Hall on 19 June 2018 from 2.30-4pm on Potential for Geothermal Energy Resources in the UK. The debate will be opened by Helen Goodman MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Energy
  • Debate Pack

    Petition to ban the sale of fur in the UK

    Friday, 01 June, 2018

    A debate will take place in Westminster Hall on 4 June 2018 on a petition calling for a ban on the sale of animal fur in the UK.

    • Debate Pack
    • Animals
    • Business
    • Consumers
  • Research Briefing

    Public ownership of industries and services

    Thursday, 31 May, 2018

    Utilities, industries and services can be owned by the public or the private sector. Various models have existed in the UK, including full nationalisation, privatisation with regulation and municipalisation.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Communities
    • Economic policy
    • Energy
    • Industry
    • Rail
  • Research Briefing

    Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Bill 2017-19

    Wednesday, 30 May, 2018

    A briefing on the Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Bill 2017-19, which will establish that plant nurseries are exempt from business rates.

    • Research Briefing
    • Farming and fishing
    • Local government
    • Tax
  • Debate Pack

    A Ban on the Commercial Third Party Sale of Puppies

    Thursday, 17 May, 2018

    A debate will take place in Westminster Hall on 21 May 2018 on a petition calling for a ban on third party sales of puppies in England.The Government has issued a call for evidence on a proposed ban, which closed 2 May 2018

    • Debate Pack
    • Animals
  • Research Briefing

    Sources of Statistics: Constituency Statistics

    Friday, 04 May, 2018

    This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on constituency level statistics.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Census
    • Communities
    • Demography
    • Elections
    • Energy
    • Health services
    • Housing and planning
    • Immigration
    • Rented housing
    • Schools
    • UK elections
    • Work and incomes
  • Debate Pack

    Government policy on reducing plastic waste in the maritime environment

    Tuesday, 01 May, 2018

    MPs will debate Government policy on reducing plastic waste in the maritime environment on Wednesday 2 May 2018 in Westminster Hall between 2.30 and 4pm. The debate will be led by Mr Alistair Carmichael MP

    • Debate Pack
    • Environment
  • Debate Pack

    Cost of the Dieter Helm Energy Review

    Friday, 20 April, 2018

    This pack has been produced ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 24 April 2018 from 2.30-4pm. The debate will be opened by Graham Stringer MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Energy
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: new guidelines on the framework for future EU-UK relations

    Thursday, 19 April, 2018

    Brexit negotiations have resumed and this third phase will cover issues outstanding from the last phases - the Irish border in particular - and the framework for future EU-UK relations. This paper looks at how the EU and the UK envisage their relationship after Brexit.

    • Research Briefing
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    • Business
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    • Climate change
    • Crime
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    • Defence policy
    • Economic policy
    • Economy
    • Environment
    • Equality
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Farming and fishing
    • Finance
    • Government
    • Immigration
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International trade
    • Parliament
    • Rail
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    • Sciences
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    • Brexit

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