Research Briefing
Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill 2019-20 was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 14 October 2019. No date is yet available for second reading
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Research Briefing
Foreign National Offenders Bill 2019-20
The Foreign National Offenders Bill 2019-20 was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 14 October 2019. No date is yet available for second reading.
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Research Briefing
The Qatar crisis and regional ramifications
The dispute between Qatar and its Arab neighbours remains unresolved and is playing out in other conflict situation across the region.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, September 2019
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
Fixed odds betting terminals
This Library briefing paper looks at the controversy over fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs).
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Research Briefing
Brexit scenarios: What could happen after the European Council meeting?
The ‘Benn Act’ places several requirements on the Government which also make this European Council meeting significant.
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Research Briefing
EU reciprocal healthcare arrangements: Brexit guidance
This Commons Library briefing provides an overview of some of the guidance that the UK Government has published on reciprocal healthcare after Brexit.
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Research Briefing
No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research
The No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research is an annotated bibliography of sources published by the House of Commons Library on a potential no-deal Brexit. It will be updated regularly. Links to the papers included in the resource are available on this page, the downloadable version includes additional comment on some of the selected papers.
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Research Briefing
VAT on construction
This note sets out the VAT treatment of construction work and the UK's discretion in setting VAT rates under EU law, before looking at the debate on harmonising VAT rates on all types of construction work.
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Research Briefing
Divorce after Brexit
UK domestic law is unlikely to be affected by Brexit. But Brexit might impact procedural issues involving divorcing spouses from separate EU countries. This insight explains how.
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Research Briefing
How might Brexit affect UK overseas aid spending?
The UK Government is legally obliged to continue to spend 0.7% of gross national income as aid each year.
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Research Briefing
Religious Education in schools (England)
What is taught in Religious Education in English schools? This briefing sets out the rules in place, as well as issues surrounding the teaching of RE and its curriculum, and information on related topics such as collective worship and the right to withdraw a child from RE classes.
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Research Briefing
Rough sleepers: access to services and support (England)
Rough sleepers are one of the most vulnerable groups in society, many with high levels of complex and interrelated needs. This paper provides an overview of the support and services - including accommodation, health, welfare, training, employment and voter registration - that are available for rough sleepers in England, and the challenges rough sleepers can face in accessing them.
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Research Briefing
Queen’s Speech 2019
This Briefing Paper identifies issues and bills that may appear in the Queen's Speech on 14 October 2019 or require legislation in the forthcoming Session.
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Research Briefing
Afghanistan: elections and cancelled talks
Donald Trump has declared the talks with the Taliban "dead". Where does that leave Afghanistan?
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