Research Briefing
Heathrow Airport
This paper provides information on Heathrow Airport, including who owns it, how it is regulated, how it deals with noise and uses its runways and its plans to expand capacity with a third runway.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: Negotiations Update (March-June 2018)
This briefing paper provides an update on the progress of the Article 50 TEU negotiations since March 2018, and what this leaves to be 'agreed' before a Withdrawal Agreement and attached Political Declaration on the Future Relationship can be concluded.
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Research Briefing
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19: Ping Pong
This Commons Library Briefing Paper provides details of areas where the two Houses are yet to agree on the text of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill ahead of the Commons debate on 20 June 2018.
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Research Briefing
Look ahead to 2018 NATO Summit
This Commons Library paper provides a short look ahead to the next NATO summit on 11-12 July. MPs will debate NATO on 20 June 2018.
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Research Briefing
EU – Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
This note has been prepared for the debate on 26 June 2018 in the House of Commons on the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
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Research Briefing
Universal Credit roll-out: 2018-19
Universal Credit roll-out was around 11% complete across Great Britain as of December 2017, in terms of the number of households on UC. However, progress varies considerably between constituencies. Almost half of jobseekers are now on UC rather than "legacy" benefits. The majority of households receiving support for rent, children or incapacity are yet to move onto UC. This briefing provides a guide to roll-out of the Full Service in 2018/19 and original HC Library estimates for the progress or UC roll-out by constituency, region and across Great Britain.
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Research Briefing
House of Lords Reform in the 2017 Parliament
A debate on a petition calling for a referendum on the abolition of the House of Lords will take place on 18 June 2018. The Government has responded to the Lord Speaker's Committee's proposals to reduce the size of the House of Lords.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, May 2018
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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Research Briefing
Iraq and the 2018 election
Iraqis went to the polls to elect a new parliament in May 2018. The result surprised observers.
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Research Briefing
Interest rate swaps on business loans
This note summarises the issue of ‘mis-sold’ business loans, where firms entered into complex interest rate 'hedges' that subsequently proved to be very costly to them in the changed conditions following the financial crisis.
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Research Briefing
Brexit divisions – Commons votes on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
This briefing paper provides information on the House of Commons divisions during the passage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill during its Second Reading, Report Stage and Third Reading in the Commons.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, June 2018
Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
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Research Briefing
Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill 2017-19
This House of Commons Library briefing provides information on key provisions in the Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill 2017-19, a Private Member's Bill which is seeking to place the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care on a statutory footing.
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Research Briefing
Claims management companies in the UK and their regulation
This Note describes the regulatory framework which applies to claims management companies.
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