Research Briefing
Declaring Daesh massacres ‘genocide’
The House of Commons will debate a motion calling on the Government to recognise ISIS/Daesh killings as 'genocide'.
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Research Briefing
Competition and Markets Authority “Energy market investigation”
This Commons Library Briefing paper summarises the 'Summary of provisional decision on remedies' published by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as part of its 'Energy market investigation' on 10 March 2016.
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Research Briefing
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [HL]: Commons’ committee stage proceedings
This paper summarises the Commons' committee proceedings on the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill.
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Research Briefing
Canada 2016
Canadians gave the Liberals a strong majority in Parliament at the 2015 general election, surprising many observers. How has the new government been getting on?
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Research Briefing
Commons Library analysis: Radicalisation in prisons in England and Wales
Many prisoners enter prison with a faith and others find one while in prison. Few of these prisoners will be “radicalised” or become involved in extremism or terrorist activity, although (obviously) those that do present huge challenges to the authorities.
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Research Briefing
Help to Work: post-Work Programme provision for the long-term unemployed
Since April 2014, unemployed people leaving the Work Programme are required to participate in a new scheme, Help to Work.
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Research Briefing
Work Programme: background and statistics
The Work Programme is the Government's main welfare-to-work scheme, designed to tackle long-term unemployment in Great Britain.
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Research Briefing
Commons Library analysis: Legal aid for victims of domestic abuse
The LASPO Act 2012 reduced the scope of civil legal aid. Controversy still surrounds its provision for private family law cases where, to be eligible, people seeking legal aid must provide evidence of domestic abuse.
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Research Briefing
Diversity in Broadcasting
This briefing paper explores the current on and off screen diversity in public service broadcasting, including policies in place to improve the diversity of the television workforce. It also summarises the available statistics.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, April 2016
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators.
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Research Briefing
Members’ pay and expenses 2015/16
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper reviews changes in Members' salaries and the Members' expenses scheme since the responsibility for determining pay and expenses was transferred to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
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Research Briefing
EU external agreements: EU and UK procedures
The EU concludes many international agreements with third States or international organisations. This Commons Library briefing looks at how the EU negotiates these agreements and how the UK scrutinises and ratifies them.
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Research Briefing
EEA migrants: access to social housing (England)
Part 1 of this House of Commons Library briefing paper gives a broad overview of the law governing the rights of European Economic Area (EEA) migrants to access social housing in England. Part 2 considers whether there is any evidence to suggest that EEA migrants are able to “jump the queue” to access social housing more quickly than other applicants.
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Research Briefing
Economic impacts of the National Living Wage: in brief
The Government announced a new National Living Wage at the 2015 Summer Budget, to be introduced in April 2016. This note gives a brief overview of the possible impact, including numbers of employees affected.
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Research Briefing
Political party funding: controversies and reform since 1997
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper gives background to the main controversies around, and attempts to reform, political party funding since 1997.
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