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The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition

Tuesday, 20 May, 2014

US President Obama launched the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition at the May 2012 G8 summit at Camp David. It aims to address years of underinvestment in agriculture, and to meet the financing gap for global food security, in order to help pull 50 million people out of chronic poverty over 10 years. Critics of the New Alliance question whether it will help poor farmers. and charge that the New Alliance represents a “new form of colonialism”. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) supports the scheme and has committed £600 million to it.
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Is better labelling the answer to concerns about slaughter methods?

Friday, 16 May, 2014
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Deregulation Bill: Committee Stage Report

Monday, 12 May, 2014

The Bill proposes a range of measures in line with the Government’s aim to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses and public authorities.
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- Business
- Crime
- Energy
- Housing and planning
- Prisons
- Rail
- Roads
- Work and incomes
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Water Bill 2013-14. Lords amendments

Tuesday, 06 May, 2014

This note provides information on the Water Bill’s Committee, Report and Third Reading stages in the Lords. It highlights amendments made to the Bill and also gives a brief account of other significant amendments discussed. It does not provide an exhaustive account of proceedings or document every amendment discussed.
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Food Banks and Food Poverty

Thursday, 10 April, 2014

The number of food banks in the UK has increased substantially in recent years. This note explains how food banks work, examines their growth and discusses possible contributing factors and policy developments.
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Reaching out from Westminster

Monday, 17 March, 2014
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Badger Cullling: TB Control Policy

Tuesday, 11 March, 2014

TB badger control policy in England and Wales.
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Badger Culling: Krebs Trials and Policy to 2008

Tuesday, 11 March, 2014

Randomised badger culling trials (RBCT) carried out by the previous Government and policy to 2008 summarised.
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Care.data

Monday, 10 March, 2014

This note provides information about the introduction of the NHS care.data system and the use of patients' data for research, and about how patients’ can opt out of having information from their medical records shared through this system.
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The Green Deal

Thursday, 06 February, 2014

This paper describes the Government's Green Deal energy efficiency policy. The Government has since decided to stop funding the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC) which was set up to lend money to Green Deal providers.
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Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Bill: Lords Amendments

Monday, 03 February, 2014

This note gives background on Lords Amendments to the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Bill, which are due to be considered by the Commons on 4 February 2014.
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Deregulation Bill

Thursday, 30 January, 2014

The Bill proposes a range of measures in line with the Government’s aim to reduce burdens on businesses and public authorities.
- Research Briefing
- Business
- Crime
- Energy
- Housing and planning
- Prisons
- Rail
- Roads
- Work and incomes
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Components of an energy bill

Monday, 27 January, 2014

The latest round of energy price rises has brought increasing focus on the different elements that make up a domestic energy bill and particularly which are responsible for these price rises. This note describes the different component parts of a domestic energy bill and summarises existing estimates of the contribution of each part to current bills and contributions to past bill increases.
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- Energy
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Fracking: where and why?

Wednesday, 22 January, 2014
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The Deep Sea Mining Bill 2013-14

Tuesday, 21 January, 2014

Mrs Sheryll Murray MP came fourth in the ballot for Private Members’ Bills and has introduced the Deep Sea Mining Bill 2013/14 which will receive its have its Report Stage on the 24 January 2014..

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