Insight
When will UK spaceports be ready for lift-off?
Planning is underway for UK space launch sites in Sutherland, Cornwall and Prestwick. When will the spaceports be ready and could they be used for space tourism?
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Research Briefing
Nuisance Calls: Unsolicited sales and marketing, and silent calls
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out the regulations which seek to address nuisance calls, including unsolicited sales and marketing calls, and the main ways in which individuals can try to reduce the number of unwanted calls or texts they receive.
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Insight
British Science Week: To fight drug-resistant infections we need more data
This UK Science Week we explore how antimicrobial resistance develops and what is being done to prevent it.
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Research Briefing
What if there’s no Brexit deal?
What could happen if the EU and UK negotiators don't agree a withdrawal agreement in time and the UK has to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 without one - and with no framework for future relations either? This paper looks at how such a situation might come about, the constitutional implications for the UK and in some cases for the devolved administrations, and what the impact might be in a range of policy areas.
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Research Briefing
Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill
The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL] would create a framework to enable law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to apply to a UK court for an ‘overseas production order’ requiring a person (in practice, generally a communications service provider or ‘CSP’) in a foreign jurisdiction to produce or grant access to electronic data for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting serious crime. An application would only be granted if the judge was satisfied that the data was likely to be of substantial value to the criminal proceedings or investigations for which it was sought, and that it would be in the public interest.
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Research Briefing
BT and Openreach
A short House of Commons Library briefing paper providing an explanation and background to the legal separation of BT and Openreach.
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Insight
The decline of ATMs?
How successful has the industry been in maintaining provision of free cash across the country, including areas with high deprivation?
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Insight
What can artificial intelligence reveal about Brexit?
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?
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Debate Pack
The Future of the UK digital and tech industries
This debate pack has been produced ahead of the Westminster Hall debate on 'The Future of the UK digital and tech industries' to be held on Wednesday 18th April at 2:30pm.
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Debate Pack
Digital Taxation: Parliamentary debate 27 March 2018
On 27 March 2018 Neil O'Brien MP (Con., Harborough) has a debate in Westminster Hall between 2.30 and 4.00pm on the taxation of digital companies. This page gives a brief overview of the key issues.
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Research Briefing
Broadband coverage and speeds: local statistics, 2017
This briefing is superseded. Please see below for up to date data.
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Research Briefing
Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill 2017-19
A briefing on the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill 2017-19.
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Research Briefing
Artificial Intelligence and Automation in the UK
This briefing looks at the issue of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation, covering recent announcements such as 'sector deal' in the Industrial Strategy and research on the potential impacts of the technology.
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Debate Pack
Future of the rural economy in Wales
MPs will debate the Future of the rural economy in Wales, led by Ben Lake, on Tuesday 28 November at 4.30pm, in Westminster Hall. This House of Commons Library briefing provides a summary of the issues, statistics and background information for the debate.
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Debate Pack
Roll-out of broadband to rural communities in Scotland
MPs will debate the Roll-out of broadband to rural communities in Scotland, on Wednesday 22 November 2017, at 9.30am, in Westminster Hall. John Lamont MP will open the debate.
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