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Debate Pack

Fuel Poverty

Friday, 20 November, 2015

This Debate pack has been complied ahead of the debate on Fuel Poverty to be held on Tuesday 24 November 2015 at 16:30 in Westminster Hall. The Member in charge of the debate is Drew Hendry MP. Debate packs are produced quickly after the announcement of parliamentary business. They are intended to provide a summary or overview of the issue being debated and identify relevant briefings and useful documents, including press and parliamentary material. More detailed briefing can be prepared for MPs on request to the Library.
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- Energy
Debate Pack

Preparations for the Paris Climate Change Conference

Wednesday, 18 November, 2015

This Debate Pack has been complied ahead of the Backbench Business Debate on Preparations for the Paris Climate Change Conference to be held in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 19 November 2015. Debate packs are produced quickly after the announcement of parliamentary business. They are intended to provide a summary or overview of the issue being debated and identify relevant briefings and useful documents, including press and parliamentary material. More detailed briefing can be prepared for MPs on request to the Library.
Debate Pack

Debate Pack: Dog meat trade

Tuesday, 03 November, 2015

This debate pack has been compiled ahead of the debate on the dog meat trade to be held on Thursday 5 November 2015 in the Commons Chamber. This debate has arisen on a Backbench Business Committee motion. The Member in charge of the debate is Robert Flello. Debate packs are produced quickly after the announcement of parliamentary business. They are intended to provide a summary or overview of the issue being debated and identify relevant briefings and useful documents, including press and parliamentary material. More detailed briefing can be prepared for MPs on request to the Library.
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- Animals
Research Briefing

Dog Meat Trade

Tuesday, 03 November, 2015
- Research Briefing
- Animals
Debate Pack

Debate Pack: Role of the Treasury in supporting UK science

Tuesday, 03 November, 2015
Insight

Driving up cybersecurity standards: Is TalkTalk just the latest in a litany of data breaches?

Friday, 30 October, 2015
- Insight
- Technology
Research Briefing

Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill 2015-16

Tuesday, 13 October, 2015

This Commons Library briefing provides information on the main provisions of the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill 2015-16 and on the development of previous legislation on medical innovation (the Bill builds upon provisions in Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill 2014-15).
Insight

Superfast Broadband roll-out: Reaching the final 5% ‘hardest to reach properties’

Thursday, 08 October, 2015
Debate Pack

Debate Pack: Superfast Broadband Rollout

Wednesday, 07 October, 2015

This debate pack has been compiled ahead of the debate on Superfast Broadband Rollout to be held on Monday 12 October 2015 at 3pm in the Commons Chamber. This is a Backbench Business Committee debate. Debate packs are produced quickly after the announcement of parliamentary business. They are intended to provide a summary or overview of the issue being debated and identify relevant briefings and useful documents, including press and parliamentary material. More detailed briefing can be prepared for MPs on request to the Library.
Research Briefing

VW and vehicle emissions testing

Wednesday, 30 September, 2015

This short briefing provides an overview of the problems that have been uncovered at VW regarding emissions testing, what has happened since, and how world governments are planning to deal with it.
Insight

Will the wheels fall off the diesel car boom in the UK?

Wednesday, 23 September, 2015
Debate Pack

Debate Pack: Reform of Common Fisheries Policy

Tuesday, 08 September, 2015

This debate pack has been compiled ahead of the debate on Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy to be held on Thursday 10 September 2015 at 3pm in Westminster Hall. The Member in charge of the debate is Rt. Hon. Mr Alistair Carmichael MP. Debate packs are produced quickly after the announcement of parliamentary business. They are intended to provide a summary or overview of the issue being debated and identify relevant briefings and useful documents, including press and parliamentary material. More detailed briefing can be prepared for MPs on request to the Library.
Research Briefing

Food Waste

Wednesday, 02 September, 2015

This Commons Library Briefing Paper has been superseded by the Library Briefing Paper on Food Waste: key facts, policy and trends in the UK.
Insight

Mind the gap: The digital divide and digital inclusion

Tuesday, 01 September, 2015
Research Briefing

Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), 2014-2020

Monday, 17 August, 2015

A reformed Common fisheries Policy took effect from 1 January 2014 following on from several years of negotiation. The key reforms to the CFP, include a phased in ban on discarding fish (effective as of 1 January 2015); a legally binding commitment to fishing at sustainable levels; and increasingly decentralised decision making, taking place at regional rather than pan-European level. This note covers the proposals for reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), negotiations and decisions implementing the reforms.
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- Farming and fishing

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