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  • Research Briefing

    Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill

    Friday, 04 July, 2025

    The Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill 2024-2025 had its second reading on Friday 7 March 2025. It was considered by a Public Bill Committee on 25 June 2025 and report stage is scheduled for 11 July 2025. This is a private members' bill.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Health
  • Research Briefing

    Pension Schemes Bill 2024-25

    Thursday, 03 July, 2025

    The Pension Schemes Bill 2024-25 is a government bill introduced on 5 June 2025. This briefing sets out the background, effect and commentary on the Pension Schemes Bill 2024-25, listed for second reading on Monday 7 July 2025.

    • Research Briefing
    • Pensions
  • Insight

    How are medicines prices set in the UK?

    Wednesday, 02 July, 2025

    The price of medicines in the UK is influenced by multiple factors, including agreements with the pharmaceutical industry to cap spending on branded medicines.

    • Insight
    • Health
    • Medicine
  • Research Briefing

    Food poverty: Households, food banks and free school meals

    Wednesday, 02 July, 2025

    This paper provides statistics on household food insecurity, food bank usage and free school meals in the UK, and tracks the impact of rising living costs.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Communities
    • Economic situation
    • Environment
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes
  • Constituency casework

    Accessing Health Records

    Tuesday, 01 July, 2025

    Information for anyone attempting to gain access to their own, or somebody else’s, medical records.

    • Constituency casework
    • Health
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Taxation of state pension

    Tuesday, 01 July, 2025

    The state pension is liable to income tax, though pensioners are unlikely to pay tax in practice if their only income is the state pension.

    • Research Briefing
    • Pensions
    • Tax
  • Research Briefing

    Housing market: Economic indicators

    Monday, 30 June, 2025

    Find the latest data on house prices, mortgage approvals, and house building in the UK.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
    • Housing and planning
    • Economic indicators
  • Data dashboards

    Local authority data: housing supply

    Monday, 30 June, 2025

    This interactive dashboard has data on housing stock and housing supply for local authorities in England

    • Data dashboards
    • Housing and planning
    • Housing data
    • Local data
  • Research Briefing

    Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill 2024-25

    Friday, 27 June, 2025

    The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill 2024-25 would implement changes that would reduce spending on health and disability benefits.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    VAT on private school fees

    Friday, 27 June, 2025

    In the 2024 Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced the introduction of VAT on private school fees from 1 January 2025. This briefing discusses the background to the government's decision and the legislation to bring it into effect.

    • Research Briefing
    • Schools
    • Tax
  • Research Briefing

    International students in UK higher education

    Friday, 27 June, 2025

    The government met its 2030 international student recruitment target of 600,000 ten years early and numbers have continued to increase since 2020. This briefing looks at student numbers, government policy, and the economic impact of international students.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Immigration
  • Debate Pack

    Future of music education

    Friday, 27 June, 2025

    There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the future of music education on Thursday 3 July 2025 at 1:30pm. The debate will be led by Bambos Charalambous MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Schools
  • Constituency casework

    What fees are charged when arranging child maintenance?

    Wednesday, 25 June, 2025

    Outlining fees charged when child maintenance is arranged by the Child Maintenance Service and if there any exemptions

    • Constituency casework
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Social policy
  • Constituency casework

    Child maintenance: FAQs on the paying parent’s income

    Wednesday, 25 June, 2025

    Information on why the person with care’s income is not included in a child maintenance calculation, using gross income and what happens when income changes

    • Constituency casework
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Families and social services
  • Debate Pack

    Debate on IVF egg donation in young women

    Wednesday, 25 June, 2025

    A debate will be held in Westminster Hall on Thursday 26 June 2025 on IVF egg donation in young women. The subject for the debate was chosen by the Backbench Business Committee and the debate was proposed by Jim Shannon MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Health services
    • Medicine

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