Research Briefing
What help can people receive from the consular service when they are abroad? This briefing highlights relevant guidance and discusses proposals for a legal right to consular assistance in cases involving human rights.
Research Briefing
This briefing looks at the changes made by the January 2024 Safeguarding the Union Command Paper to the operation of the Windsor Framework and Internal Market Act, and other measures affecting the trade in goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Research Briefing
The European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill 2024-25 second reading is scheduled for Friday 6 December 2024. This is a private members' bill.
Insight
The Department for Education will end its grant for cadet forces in 2024–25, although Ministry of Defence funding will continue.
Research Briefing
The UK and EU have, since 2021, been negotiating a proposed agreement on Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU. This briefing provides background and an overview of the talks so far
Debate Pack
MPs will debate the fishing industry in Westminster Hall on the 28 November 2024.
Debate Pack
A debate on freedom of religion In Pakistan will take place on Thursday 28 November 2024, in the House of Commons chamber. The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Jim Shannon MP and Ruth Jones MP.
Debate Pack
A debate on the international status of Taiwan is scheduled to take place on Thursday 28 November 2024. The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Blair McDougall MP.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on UK air and missile defences is scheduled for Wednesday 27 November 2024, from 9:30-11:00am. The debate will be led by Luke Akehurst MP.
Research Briefing
In August 2024 Thailand’s Move Forward political party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court. This briefing paper looks at the Move Forward party, the Court’s decision, and other events in Thai politics since the May 2023 general election
Research Briefing
The Labour government's approach to reform of legacy EU laws is different from that of its Conservative predecessor. This briefing tracks changes in assimilated law in the first half of 2024 and looks at the future direction of reform following the General Election.
Research Briefing
The UK's programme to develop a combat aircraft to replace Typhoon from the 2030s.
Research Briefing
The condition, maintenance and repair of service accommodation has long been an issue for UK armed forces personnel.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on police use of live facial recognition technology is scheduled for Wednesday 13 November 2024, opened by Sir John Whittingdale MP.
Research Briefing
This briefing looks at what is the BRICS organisation, how it works, what its members (originally Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have in common, the outcomes of the 2024 Kazan summit in Russia, and how its recent expansion (to include Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, and the UAE) will affect the group
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