Research Briefing
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill 2021-22
Briefing on Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices [HL] Bill 2021-22 for Second Reading debate in the House of Commons, scheduled for 5 January 2022
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Research Briefing
Omicron and new coronavirus variants
This page provides an overview of what is known about the Omicron variant so far and a summary of the UK Government's response.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: A history of English lockdown laws
This Library briefing paper provides a history of England's coronavirus "lockdown laws"
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Constituency casework,Research Briefing
Coronavirus and insurance
How constituents can deal with insurance problems relating to the pandemic. This page is no longer being updated.
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Research Briefing
Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Act 2021
The Act seeks to support the wind-down of important financial services benchmarks, currently focusing on LIBOR. It obtained Royal Assent on 15 December 2021.
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Research Briefing
Sidecar Savings
This briefing paper explores sidecar savings, a new policy idea to encourage saving for retirement. A sidecar account is an instant access savings account that is tied to a pension.
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Research Briefing
International LGBT+ rights and issues in 2020/21
This page features a series of briefings on LGBT+ rights and issues across regions of the world. We look at what rights and protections are provided for LGBT+ people and report on recent events. We also look at any relevant parliamentary material and at UK Government actions.
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Research Briefing
LGBT+ rights and issues in sub-Saharan Africa
This briefing describes the status of LGBT+ rights in 22 sub-Saharan African countries.
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Research Briefing
LGBT+ rights and issues in North Africa
This briefing focuses on LGBT+ rights and issues in five north African States: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia
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Research Briefing
Reform of the Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 aimed to 'bring rights home' by enabling people to bring claims based on the European Convention on Human Rights in the UK courts. Despite its success in reducing the time and cost involved in enforcing human rights, successive Governments have been concerned about its impact on UK case law and parliamentary sovereignty. The Government commissioned an independent review of the Act last year, and has now launched a consultation on proposals to replace it with a Bill of Rights
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Support for landlords and tenants
This briefing explains measures taken during the coronavirus outbreak to help renting households retain their homes. It covers calls for more assistance to prevent evictions and homelessness.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Economic impact
The pandemic led to a severe recession, followed by a strong recovery. This briefing examines different aspects of the economic impact of the pandemic to date and outlines the key issues for the economic outlook, including the Omicron variant.
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Research Briefing
The Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill 2021-22
The Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill is a Private Member's Bill sponsored by Peter Gibson. The remaining Commons stages of this Bill are scheduled to be debated on 21 January 2022.
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Research Briefing
Contested heritage: Controversy surrounding public monuments
Monuments to figures involved in the slave trade have long been controversial. Since 2020, the demolition of unlisted monuments has required planning permission.
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Research Briefing
Resettlement scheme for locally employed civilians in Afghanistan
Following the withdrawal of British and coalition forces from Afghanistan there are ongoing fears for the safety of thousands of former locally employed Afghan civilians who assisted them. This briefing examines the Government's policies for offering locally employed civilians relocation in the UK.
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