Research Briefing
BBC Charter renewal
The current BBC Charter expires at the end of 2016. A new Charter has now been agreed. What was the process, what is in the new Charter and what happened when it was last renewed?
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Research Briefing
Changes to school accountability and ‘league tables’ in England in 2016
This briefing paper explains the 2016 changes to school performance data, or school 'league tables', in England. It also provides pointers on how to find and interpret school performance data for particular schools, local authorities and parliamentary constituencies.
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Research Briefing
Devolution Deals and Housing (England)
This Commons Library briefing paper outlines the housing aspects of devolution deals that have been agreed between the Government and local areas. The includes which housing and planning powers will be devolved under the deals, what progress has been made towards implementation, and which other powers local areas have asked for.
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Research Briefing
Arms industry statistics
This paper provides a digest of current statistics on the arms industry.
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Research Briefing
Technical and Further Education Bill: Committee Stage Report
This Briefing Paper provides information on the Technical and Further Education Bill's progress in Public Bill Committee. It summarises Government amendments to the Bill and discussion on the Opposition's attempts to amend the Bill.
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Research Briefing
Sewer Flooding
This Commons Library Briefing Paper provides information on sewer flooding, including why it happens, responsibilities for addressing the problem and information on possible compensation. This note does not constitute legal advice. Information on longer term approaches to sewer flooding and sewer connections is also included.
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Research Briefing
Impact of Brexit on policing and criminal justice: a reading list
This reading list collates commentary on the implications of Brexit for policing and criminal justice cooperation and national security.
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Research Briefing
Not poor but in a JAM
Poverty is typically defined in terms of having a low household income. ‘Material deprivation’ indicators, which look at whether families have access to key goods and services, can help illustrate what poverty is like for different groups. However, not all people who are materially deprived are in poverty – and not all people in poverty
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Research Briefing
Rail freight
This paper describes the rail freight policies of successive UK Governments, which have sought to drive modal shift of freight from roads to rail. It also briefly looks at the plans to drive rail freight growth with HS2 and the policy of the EU in this area. It also sets out how track access charges work for freight and the grants and funding streams that are available.
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Research Briefing
Impact of exiting the EU on higher education
This paper gives a brief overview of the issues of concern to the HE sector as a result of the decision to leave the EU and outlines parliamentary debate in this area. The higher education (HE) sector is a major UK industry – it contributes £73 billion to the UK economy, including £11 billion of export earnings. The sector benefits from EU membership in a number of ways such as through the free movement of staff and students and access to research funding - higher education institutions are concerned that they may lose these benefits post Brexit. The Government has put in place some guarantees around funding and students, but the final position of the sector will depend on the result of Brexit negotiations.
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Research Briefing
House of Commons Background Paper: Statutory Instruments
This Briefing Paper discusses statutory instruments (SIs). In particular, it describes what they are and also the parliamentary procedures related to them.
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Research Briefing
A public service ombudsman: removing the ‘MP filter’
The Government published a draft bill on 5 December that would create a Public Service Ombudsman for UK reserved matters and public services in England. The draft bill would abolish the existing Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and the Local Government Ombudsman, merging their existing responsibilities into a single Public Service Ombudsman (PSO). The draft
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, December 2016
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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Research Briefing
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL] 2016-17: Committee Stage Report
The Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL] 2016-17 has been considered in Public Bill Committee. This Commons Library Briefing Paper gives an overview of the debate so far.
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Research Briefing
As many women MPs (ever) as men (now)
The 2015 General Election saw a record number of women elected to the House of Commons. 191 women MPs, 29.4% of the total, was the highest number and proportion ever. It has been frequently pointed out, however, that the number of male MPs in the current Parliament remained higher than the number of women who
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