Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, July 2012
This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries.
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Research Briefing
Ministers in the Labour Governments: 1997–2010
This list notes ministerial office holders in the Labour Governments from 1997 to 2010.
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Research Briefing
Bank of England (Appointment of Governor) Bill
This Bill would make the appointment of the Governor of the Bank of England dependent upon the approval of the Treasury Select Committee.
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Research Briefing
VAT on historic building repairs
This note sets out the VAT treatment of construction work and the UK's discretion in setting VAT rates with respect to European VAT law, before discussing the debate there has been on cutting VAT on historic building repair and recent proposals to withdraw the zero rate that applies to alteration work on listed buildings.
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Research Briefing
Turkey: recent developments
Turkey in the first half of 2012 has perhaps taken one step forward and two steps back. It is shifting towards a more “normal” foreign policy; but it has made little progress towards EU accession; there has been a resurgence of violence around the Kurdish issue; and human rights seem to be slipping.
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Research Briefing
EU bibliographies: Defence equipment Directives
This note brings together documents relevant to legislation and the draft directives on EC defence equipment.
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Research Briefing
Phone hacking – Inquiries and reports
This note provides brief details about the ongoing inquiries and investigations associated with phone hacking and the various reports produced. It also gives details of the legislation regarding relevant offences and provides links to timelines of events.
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Research Briefing
Animal Experiments: Stray and Feral Animals
This notes covers the transposition on the EU Directive on animal experiments and the concerns raised about stray animals.
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Research Briefing
Special Advocates and Closed Material Procedures
This short note sets out the Government’s proposals, contained in the Justice and Security Green Paper (Cm 8194, 2011) to extend the use of closed material procedures (CMPs) in civil court cases. It also provides some background material on the use of Special Advocates.
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Research Briefing
EU Bibliographies: Proceeds of crime
This Note brings together documents relevant to the proposed “proceeds of crime Directive” and its scrutiny in the UK and EU. It is not an attempt to define policy in this area. For information on domestic policy developments contact Alexander Horne on extn 0251
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Research Briefing
Sheep
this note covers issues of importance to sheep farming, including welfare, electronic tagging and diseases
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Research Briefing
Financial Services Bill [Bill 278 of 2010-12]
The focus of this Bill is to set up a new framework for financial regulation in the United Kingdom
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Research Briefing
Women in business
This note lists a selection of research, organisations and publications on women in business.
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Research Briefing
In brief: sources on House of Lords reform
This Note gives a guide to the official documents, parliamentary reports and research briefings on reform of the House of Lords since the publication of the Government’s House of Lords Reform Draft Bill in May 2011.
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