Research Briefing
Covid-19: How reliable are test results?
This Insight examines what can affect test results and explain why we can’t always apply general mathematic principles to specific situations (like Covid-19).
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Research Briefing
Social Security (Uprating of Benefits) Bill 2019-21
Briefing on the Social Security (Uprating of Benefits) Bill 2019-21, which would enable uprating of the State Pension and the Pension Credit Guarantee in the event of earnings falling year-on-year in the three months to July 2020
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Research Briefing
A guide to the EU budget
This note considers the EU's spending and how it is financed.
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Research Briefing
UK deployment and recent political challenges in Mali
The UK is sending 250 soldiers to Mali to join the UN peacekeeping mission in 2020. Mali faces considerable political, security and governance challenges, compounded by a military coup in August 2020. This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the deployment and the situation in Mali.
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Research Briefing
Prorogation one year on: A case for reform?
This Insight explains what the current law of prorogation is, why some experts think it should be reformed, and what some of the options for reform might be.
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Research Briefing
The Prorogation Dispute of 2019: one year on
The UK Supreme Court held that Parliament had been unlawfully prorogued in September 2019. This paper explains the judgment, and the background to it. It also considers the implications of the judgment for future exercises of the prerogative power, and the policy debate on reforming this area of UK constitutional law.
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Research Briefing
Proxy voting in the House of Commons
This Insight looks at how the pilot proxy voting scheme worked and the Procedure Committee recommendations for it to be made permanent.
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Research Briefing
Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill 2019-21
The Government presented the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill on 18 March 2020, thereby meeting its 100-day self imposed deadline. Second Reading has been scheduled for 23 September 2020. Aspects of the Bill are already generating controversy.
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Research Briefing
Sentencing Bill [HL] 2019-21
The Sentencing Bill [HL] 2019-21 would introduce a sentencing code. It was introduced in the House of Commons on 9 September 2020 and is due to have its second reading and all remaining stages on 30 September 2020.
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Research Briefing
UK-China relations: a timeline
This paper provides a timeline of notable events in relations between the UK and China.
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Research Briefing
Principles of International Law: a brief guide
This briefing provides a brief overview of principles of international law, including how it works, its sources, and what happens when states breach their international obligations.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: The return of evictions
This Insight explores the response from tenant and landlord bodies as the ban on hearing housing possession cases in courts in England and Wales ends.
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Research Briefing
Government rules out Combat Compensation Scheme
The government has announced it will not proceed with plans to introduce a new combat compensation scheme for armed forces personnel and veterans. This paper briefly explains the original proposals, concerns raised and the government's announcement.
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Research Briefing
Railways pension scheme (RPS)
This note looks at the development of the Railways Pension Scheme set up in 1994 following the privatisation of British Rail
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Research Briefing
Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No.2) Bill 2019-21
A briefing on the Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No.2) Bill 2019-21
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