Research Briefing
Statistics on UK trade with Ireland
Ireland is one of the UK's largest trading partners. This note gives some key statistics on UK-Ireland trade.
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Research Briefing
National Security Bill: Lords amendments
The National Security Bill 2022-23 was introduced in the House of Commons on 11 May 2022. It would replace existing counter-espionage laws with a comprehensive framework for countering hostile state activity. The Commons are due to consider Lords amendments on 3 May 2023.
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Research Briefing
Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] 2022-23
This Bill removes the legal impediment to using electronic trade documents.
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Research Briefing
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
An opposition day debate will be held in the House of Commons on 21 June 2023 on a motion tabled by Labour for all remaining Commons stages of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill to take place on 12 July 2023.
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Research Briefing
Obesity policy in England
This briefing provides an overview of the Government's obesity policy in England.
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Research Briefing
Thailand: 2023 general election and possible outcomes
Thailand held a general election on 14 May 2023. The Move Forward Party won the most seats in the House of Representatives, but there is uncertainty over who will become Prime Minister.
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Research Briefing
Freehold houses: estate charges
Freeholders can be required to pay for upkeep of an estate’s communal areas, this is sometimes called fleecehold. This paper explains proposed Government reforms.
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Constituency casework,Research Briefing
Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme
This briefing has been replaced by another briefing
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Constituency casework,Research Briefing
Benefit Cap
What benefits are included in the cap, how it is applied, and who is exempt.
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Research Briefing
Stamp duty land tax on residential property: government policy up to 2021
This briefing covers the policy history of stamp duty land tax on residential property in the decade since 2010.
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Research Briefing
Procurement Bill: Progress of the Bill
The Procurement Bill would reform the way public authorities purchase goods, services and public works. This briefing has been prepared ahead of the Bill’s report stage in the House of Commons on 13 June 2023.
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Research Briefing
Faulty goods, digital content, services
A consumer’s legal rights and remedies when they purchase faulty goods, digital content and services. How to resolve a consumer dispute and where to go for help?
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Research Briefing
Pensions of ministers and senior office holders
This note looks at developments in the pension arrangements for ministers and senior office holders
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Research Briefing
Georgia: the conflict with Russia and the crisis in South Ossetia
This note examines the background to the current crisis in South Ossetia and the unfolding conflict between Georgia and Russia. It analyses what the conflict might mean for Georgia, its claim to South Ossetia and Abkhazia and its aspirations for joining NATO. It assesses the Russian response to the crisis and considers what it reveals about the broader objectives of Russian foreign policy. It also assesses the implications of the conflict for the West and its relations with Russia.
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Research Briefing
Syria’s civil war in 2023: Assad back in the Arab League
The paper discusses the state of Syria's civil war, prospects for peace, and the strengthened international position of its President, Bashar al-Assad.
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