A Westminster Hall debate on religious freedom or belief in Sudan will take place on Thursday 11 June 2026, from 1.50pm to 3.10pm. The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Jim Shannon MP.
The UK is a member of the European Convention on Human Rights and gives effect to it through the Human Rights Act 1998. This paper considers debate about reform of the Human Rights Act and the UK's membership of the Convention
Global aid is falling. The conference compact said more funding, from more diverse sources, should be raised and collaboration on development goals increased.
The beginning of the millennium saw an increased political focus on the threat from international terrorism, heightened by the attack on the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001. Only one year before 9/11, new counter-terrorism legislation had been passed in the UK. Designed to reform and extend state powers found in previous counter-terrorism legislation, the Terrorism Act 2000 gave increased powers to the Home Secretary and the police. It moved the focus of counter-terrorism to all forms of domestic and international terrorism, rather than just Northern Ireland-related terrorism.
An overview of recent trends in UK arms export statistics including the estimated value of UK arms exports, export destinations and the type of arms exported.
The paper describes the separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the governments of the UK's Overseas Territories.