Research Briefing
Community Land Trusts
This Commons Library briefing paper provides an introduction to Community Land Trusts and previous Government policy in this area.
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Research Briefing
Retaliatory eviction in the private rented sector
This Commons Library briefing paper explains the law in relation to retaliatory eviction of private tenants and evidence around the extent to which it occurs, before going on to explain reforms to the law. The paper covers the position in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Research Briefing
School funding in England. Current system and proposals for ‘fairer school funding’
This research briefing provides historical information about the introduction of a national funding formula for schools in England, and the current school funding system.
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Research Briefing
Wilson Doctrine
The Wilson Doctrine is a convention that MPs' communications should not be intercepted by the intelligence services. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal gave judgement on 14 October 2015 clarifying the Doctrine's status and effect. The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 placed arrangements on a statutory footing and extended them to members of the devolved administrations and MEPs. This Briefing Paper sets out the background.
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Research Briefing
Time limit for sexual abuse claims
This Commons Library briefing paper considers the time limits for bringing sexual abuse claims in the civil courts in England and Wales and in Scotland.
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Research Briefing
Airport slots
This paper explains the slot allocation rules in the UK, across the EU and more widely around the world. It examines the effectiveness of the current regime in place in the UK, set within EU rules, and looks at longer term options for reform post-Brexit.
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Research Briefing
Researching ancestry: access to civil registration records
This Commons Library briefing paper deals with current arrangements for access to civil registration information in England and Wales, and with new provisions intended to facilitate different ways of accessing this information in the future. It also includes a summary of how to access civil registration information in Scotland.
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Research Briefing
Transport in Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland
This paper explains how transport has been devolved from Westminster to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It gives information on those areas which remain reserved to Westminster and where you can find more information about devolved policies.
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Research Briefing
Technical and Further Education Bill: Lords Stages and Ping Pong
This House of Commons briefing paper provides information on the House of Lords scrutiny of the Technical and Further Education Bill 2016-17 and details how the Bill was amended in the House of Lords. The paper has been updated to include further consideration of the Bill by the Commons and the Lords (Ping Pong).
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Research Briefing
Higher Education and Research Bill: Lords amendments and Ping Pong
This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides information on amendments made to the Higher Education and Research Bill 2016-17 during its Committee, Report and Third Reading stages in the House of Lords. The paper has been updated to include further consideration of the Bill by the Commons and Lords (Ping Pong).
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Research Briefing
Sale of Goods Act 1979
This Commons briefing paper provides a detailed overview of a consumer’s statutory rights to return a defective good under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 in respect of goods purchased on or before 30 September 2015. In respect of goods purchased on or after the 1 October 2015, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 would apply.
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Research Briefing
New consumer landscape
This Commons briefing paper outlines the recent institutional and legislative changes that have been made to the UK consumer landscape.
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Research Briefing
Prohibition of tobacco vending machines
The purpose of this note is to consider in detail the Protection from Tobacco (Sales from Vending Machines) England Regulations 2010.
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Research Briefing
VAT on postal packages
Imports into the EU worth 10 euros or less are VAT-exempt, though Member States may apply a threshold up to 22 euros, and the UK has done this. (Personal gifts are subject to a higher limit set at 45 euros.) The Channel Islands lie outside the EU for VAT purposes. Following concerns that some UK retailers had been exploiting low value consignment relief, as it is known, by selling goods over the internet VAT-free from subsidiaries based in Jersey and Guernsey, this relief was withdrawn from imports from the Channel Islands from April 2012. This note gives a short summary of the rules regarding VAT on small-value imports, before discussing this reform.
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Research Briefing
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 can used to deal with a wide variety of distressing behaviour. This Briefing Note looks in detail at how it works in England and Wales, and summarises the different provisions which apply in Scotland. It also looks at the equivalent legislation in Northern Ireland.
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