Research Briefing
Netherlands: 2021 general election
The Netherlands held a general election on 17 March 2021 to elect members of the House of Representatives. Talks continue on forming a coalition government.
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021
This landing page features a new series of Commons Library briefings on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, and the subsequent Defence Command Paper, which were both published in March 2021.
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Research Briefing
Global Britain and the Integrated Review in Parliament
This paper provides links to Parliamentary activity on the topic of Global Britain and the Integrated Review. This includes ministerial statements and speeches, debates, select committee reports and Commons and Lords Library briefings.
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Research Briefing
Libya: towards a political settlement?
Libya has agreed a new interim government. Could this be the beginning of the end of the instability that has troubled the country since the fall of Gaddafi?
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Insight
UK Army to be reduced to 72,500
The existing target of 82,000 personnel, set in 2015, has been scrapped.
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Research Briefing
Defence Command Paper 2021: Summary
This paper summarises the key points of the Defence Command Paper 'Defence in a Competitive Age'.
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Debate Pack
Government support for non-governmental organisations and churches in developing nations during the covid-19 pandemic
A Westminster Hall debate on ‘Government support for non-governmental organisations and churches in developing nations during the covid-19 pandemic’ is scheduled for Thursday 25 March from 3:15pm until 4:45pm. The debate will be led by Jim Shannon MP
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021: Increasing the cap on the UK’s nuclear stockpile
One of the dominant headlines of the Government's Integrated Review: Global Britain in a Competitive Age, was the decision to raise the cap on the UK's nuclear stockpile, for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
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Research Briefing
Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill: Lords amendments
The House of Commons are due to consider Lords amendments to the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill on 22 March
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Debate Pack
World Water Day 2021
A debate on World Water Day has been scheduled for Thursday 18 March 2021 in the Commons Chamber. The subject for the debate has been selected by the Backbench Business Committee and has been initiated by Navendu Mishra MP.
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021: Summary
The Government published its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy: Global Britain in a Competitive Age, on 16 March 2021. Billed as the biggest review of the UK's defence and security since the end of the Cold War, it sets out the UK's approach to the expected challenges of the next decade.
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Research Briefing
The imprisonment of Alexei Navalny
Demonstrations over the imprisonment of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny have died down for now, but commentators argue that Vladimir Putin's legitimacy is wearing thin.
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Debate Pack
The UK’s commitment to reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka
A debate on the UK’s commitment to reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka has been scheduled for Thursday 18 March 2021 in the main House of Commons Chamber. The debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee.
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Research Briefing
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2019-21: Part 3 and 4- Public order and unauthorised encampments
This Library briefing paper provides analysis of Parts 3 and 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (the Bill). Parts 3 and 4 would amend various pieces of public order law to change to how protests and unauthorised encampments (Gypsy and Traveller sites associated with trespass) are policed.
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Debate Pack
Commonwealth Day 2021
A debate on Commonwealth Day 2021 has been scheduled for Tuesday 16 March in Westminster Hall. The debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Ian Liddell-Grainger MP and Julie Elliott MP.
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