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Missing Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria

Friday, 02 September, 2016

The House of Commons Library prepares a briefing in hard copy and/or online for most non-legislative debates in the Chamber and Westminster Hall other than half-hour debates. Debate Packs are produced 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 Members on request to the Library.
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Brexit: impact across policy areas

Friday, 26 August, 2016

This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the situation in a range of policy areas and considers what impact Brexit might have. This will depend, among other things, on the Brexit negotiations, whether the UK stays in the European Economic Area and how the Government fills any policy gaps left by withdrawal.
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Brexit: some legal and constitutional issues and alternatives to EU membership

Thursday, 28 July, 2016

This paper considers how the UK will leave the EU, some legal and constitutional issues, and possible alternatives to EU membership. What is the process for leaving the EU? Will the UK join a different grouping of states or go it alone? Will EU or UK citizens or businesses have any vested rights?
Research Briefing

The Supreme Court on Devolution

Wednesday, 27 July, 2016

This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper provides information on the Supreme Court's role in devolution. The paper explains how cases on devolution reach the Supreme Court and summarises some of the most important cases since 2009.
Research Briefing

Israel and the Palestinians: no through road?

Friday, 22 July, 2016

This Commons Library briefing paper has been archived as it no longer offers up-to-date information. However, we have published other papers which may be of interest.
Research Briefing

The South China Sea dispute: July 2016 update

Tuesday, 12 July, 2016

Southeast Asia is home to a range of complex territorial disputes, but the most intractable and combustible is the South China Sea dispute. Tensions between the rival countries have been on the rise in recent years. An Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea has ruled in favour of the Philippines in a case brought by that country against China.
Research Briefing

Russian foreign and security policy

Tuesday, 05 July, 2016

How is Russian foreign policy made, and what are the motive forces behind it? How does that play out around the world and in Russian relations with the West?
Research Briefing

NATO Summit Warsaw 2016: a primer

Monday, 04 July, 2016

This House of Commons Library briefing paper looks ahead to the NATO Summit in Warsaw on 8-9th July 2016. Topping the agenda is NATO's response to Russia, instability in the Middle East and North Africa, and defence spending.
Research Briefing

Brexit: what happens next?

Thursday, 30 June, 2016

Now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, what will happen next? This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the immediate consequences of the vote and some of the longer term implications. This paper considers various questions about UK withdrawal from the EU and what is likely to happen in the coming weeks and months. The issues include the method of leaving the EU, continuing parliamentary scrutiny of EU business and the withdrawal negotiations, and the implications of Brexit for Scotland and Gibraltar.
Research Briefing

Nuclear Weapons: Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regimes

Wednesday, 29 June, 2016

In an attempt to reduce the dangers posed by existing nuclear arsenals and prevent the further proliferation of nuclear weapons technology, a complex international nuclear arms control architecture has evolved. This paper is intended as an introduction of each of these arms control regimes. It is also part of a Library briefing series on nuclear weapons.
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Independent advocates for trafficked children

Friday, 24 June, 2016

A Westminster Hall debate on the subject of independent advocates for trafficked children has been scheduled for 1430hrs on Tuesday 28 June 2016. The member in charge of this debate is Ms Fiona Mactaggart.
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Human Rights in Iran

Thursday, 23 June, 2016

The House of Commons Library prepares a briefing in hard copy and/or online for most non-legislative debates in the Chamber and Westminster Hall other than half-hour debates. Debate Packs are produced 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 Members on request to the Library.
Research Briefing

Commons Library analysis: Shining a light on beneficial ownership: what’s happening in the UK and elsewhere?

Friday, 17 June, 2016

This Commons Library briefing describes measures being taken in the UK and elsewhere to make ownership of companies, land and real property more transparent.
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Jobs and livelihoods in developing countries

Monday, 13 June, 2016

The House of Commons Library prepares a briefing in hard copy and/or online for most non-legislative debates in the Chamber and Westminster Hall other than half-hour debates. Debate Packs are produced 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 Members on request to the Library.
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Civil Legal Aid: England & Wales, Scotland and N Ireland compared

Friday, 10 June, 2016

A comparison of the different legal aid schemes in England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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