Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, September 2017
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
The legal and regulatory framework for UK arms exports
This briefing provides an overview of the development of the legal and regulatory framework for UK arms exports since 1997. It also describes the main changes to this regulatory framework under the 2015-17 Conservative Government. During the last parliament there was also controversy over the use of UK-manufactured arms by Saudi Arabia in Yemen. As the current parliament gets down to work, there are potential uncertainties about the implications of Brexit for this area of policy.
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Research Briefing
Parliamentary Private Secretaries
This Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out the role of Parliamentary Private Secretaries, including their functions and the limitations placed on them.
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Research Briefing
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (the EUW Bill) was published on 13 July 2017.
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Research Briefing
Trade unions: blacklisting
This note sets out the background to the the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010, and discusses recent developments.
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Research Briefing
The changing landscape of UK political party membership
The annual accounts of political parties have just been released by the Electoral Commission. What does this tell us about changes in party membership figures? Data published in annual accounts Comparing party membership between political parties can sometimes be difficult. Political parties are under no legal obligation to publish membership statistics. There’s also no uniformly
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Research Briefing
The Catalan independence vote 2017
Could Catalonia be independent on 2 October 2017?
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Research Briefing
North Korea: August 2017 update
Tensions have risen alarmingly in the Korean peninsula during the course of 2017. North Korea appears to be making faster progress towards having a nuclear weapons system that can reach the US than many observers expected. What have been the responses of the US, China, South Korea and Japan to developments since the beginning of this year?
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Research Briefing
Regional Schools Commissioners
This briefing provides information on the role of Regional Schools Commissioners and outlines some of the issues that have been raised since their creation.
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Research Briefing
Why has the NEET gender gap disappeared?
The number of people aged 16-24 who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) has fallen by 400,000 over the last five years. Although this was predominantly due to the large decrease in the number of young people who are unemployed, it is also due to a large reduction in the number of women
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Research Briefing
2018 Review of Parliamentary constituencies: Northern Ireland
The seventh general review of Parliamentary constituencies, the 2018 Review, is currently underway. This paper summarises the proposals and gives some key statistics for Northern Ireland
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Research Briefing
Lasting power of attorney: what are the options?
Some people make a lasting power of attorney (LPA) as a way of planning ahead for when they may not have the mental capacity to make their own decisions. An LPA enables the donor (person making the LPA) to choose who should make their decisions and the type of decisions the attorney(s) can make, and
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Research Briefing
The Royal Prerogative
This briefing paper sets out the constitutional basis to the Royal Prerogative, describes general prerogative powers and the Crown's personal prerogative powers. It then sets out recent proposals for reform, and the case law that has led to the current understanding of the prerogative.
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Research Briefing
Charities and the voluntary sector: statistics
Statistics on the size, income and activities of the voluntary sector. Includes data on social investment, National Lottery funding, charitable giving and rates of informal and formal volunteering.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, July 2017
This paper contains claimant count figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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