Research Briefing
The Northern Ireland Assembly elections on 2 March 2017 took place just 301 days from the previous elections. The resignation of the Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, on 9 January 2017 set in train a sequence of statutory provisions that has led to an early election to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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An update on the military campaign in Iraq and Syria is available in CBP8011, Syria and Iraq: update June 2017. This document will no longer be updated but serves as a useful summary of the military campaign against ISIS to March 2017.
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This paper provides background statistics on prisons and courts in England and Wales ahead of the Second Reading of the Prisons and Courts Bill 2016-17. Commons Library Briefing Paper SN04334: Prison Population Statistics (currently being updated) explores prison population data for England and Wales in more depth and includes data for the rest of the UK.
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This note examines the VAT treatment of sports clubs - in the context of the change made in UK VAT law in 1994 to exempt from VAT certain sport supplies, and subsequent debate as to how these rules have affected golf clubs.
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This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides an overview of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and details the changes to the Work Related Activity Component that will be introduced from April 2017. The paper also includes information on the mitigating support announced by the Government.
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Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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The briefing sets out the background to Spring Budget 2017 which will take place on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
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This note explains current moves to provide a mechanism for using unclaimed financial assets for charitable purposes, outlines the scale of the issue and provides advice on how constituents can check to see if they can reclaim any 'lost' assets. A more complete account of the issue can be found in Library Research Paper 08/73 which was produced for the passage of the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill, in 2008.
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This paper explains the policy background to and contents and purpose of the Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill 2016-17 (HC Bill 143). The Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 22 February 2017. It is scheduled to receive Second Reading on 6 March.
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This Commons Library briefing paper describes various initiatives aimed at growing the self-build and custom build housing sectors. Both self-build and custom build provide routes into home ownership for individuals and groups who want to play a role in developing their own homes. The paper covers England only.
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Honours awarded today are mostly part of the Order of the British Empire, which was established in 1917. Almost from the beginning there was controversy about who should receive honours and suggestions of impropriety, particularly in the award of honours for political service. This briefing provides an introduction to the various types of honours. It sets out the recent revival of the award of honours for parliamentary and political service. It also explains how an honour may be removed and summarises reviews of the system.
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This Commons library briefing gives an introduction to International Women’s Day (IWD), celebrated on the 8th of March. It examines a variety of indicators for women’s equality both in the UK and internationally.
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This Commons Library research briefing looks at the implications of Brexit in the field of policing and criminal justice cooperation
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This Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out results of the by-elections held since the 2015 election. Currently there have been 10 by-elections, the latest two were held on 23 February 2017. Full details are presented in the associated PDF but an overview of the recent by-election results are shown below.
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This short paper summarises the law in respect of helicopter and light aircraft noise; safety when flying low over built up areas; permitted development for landing sites and routes of complaint if an aircraft breaches those rules.
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