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This House of Commons briefing paper analyses the cost of higher education provision and raises issues around the value for money of higher education, the existence of a higher education market and how tuition fee funding is spent by providers.
Research Briefing
Relations between the largely Anglophone regions of Cameroon and the country’s dominant Francophone elite have long been fraught. Over the past three years, tensions have escalated seriously and since October 2017 violent conflict has erupted between armed separatist groups and the security forces, with both sides being accused of committing human rights abuses.
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This guide provides information about the licensing that is needed to play music in public. For instance, in a B&B, a shop or a pub.
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This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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This paper provides links to a selection of analysis and comment on general ‘Brexit’ coverage.
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Committee stage of the Fisheries Bill 2017-19 in the House of Commons was completed on 17 December 2018. The Bill will allow the UK to manage fisheries within its territorial waters once it has left the Commons Fisheries Policy. There is no date set for Report.
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The armed forces take power in Sudan, removing President Omar al-Bashir from power. This short briefing paper looks at recent developments.
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Discusses the impact of reductions in the SCAPE discount rate used in valuations of unfunded public service pension schemes
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This House of Commons briefing paper gives an update on vice-chancellors pay in higher education in England since the introduction of the Committee of University Chairs Senior Staff Remuneration Code in 2018 and the publication of the Office for Students first annual report on senior staff remuneration in February 2019.
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This Commons Library briefing paper considers the current basis for divorce, arguments for and against the introduction of "no-fault" divorce, and the Government's proposals to reform the legal requirements for divorce
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Legal aid for representation at an inquest is generally only available through the “exceptional funding” criteria of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which came into force on 1 April 2013.
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This briefing paper provides an overview of current medicines regulation in the UK and EU, Brexit negotiations so far on this issue, and views on future regulation. It also discusses the potential impacts of a no deal Brexit scenario, and Government preparations for these.
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This House of Commons library briefing looks at the returns of participation in higher education and the benefits of higher education for individuals and society in the context of the rise in participation in higher education, changes in demand for graduates and graduate employment prospects.
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This House of Commons Library briefing paper considers surrogacy and parental orders, in particular the revised position for single people who previously had been unable to obtain such an order. A link to the full report in pdf format can be found at the bottom of this page.
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Yvette Cooper presented a Private Member's bill, the European Union (No. 5) Bill 2017-19, on Tuesday 2 April 2019. The Bill would create a legal mechanism whereby the House of Commons can instruct the Prime Minister to ask the European Council for an extension to Article 50 in the absence of an approval resolution for an exit deal from the EU.
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