Research Briefing
Ministers in the 2010-15 Coalition Government
This list notes ministerial office holders in the 2010 Coalition Government.
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Nepal: October 2015 political update
Constitutional blues In November 2006, the Nepal government and Maoist insurgents signed a peace agreement that promised to end ten years of bloody civil war. At the heart of the deal was agreement to negotiate a new constitutional settlement. Within a short time, the monarchy was abolished. But agreeing a new Constitution has proven painfully slow
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, October 2015
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
Greek debt crisis: background and developments in 2015
This briefing provides background to and analysis of developments in the Greek debt crisis, including an overview of the origins of the crisis, a review of latest developments and examines what would happen if Greece left the Eurozone.
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Research Briefing
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill 2015-16
This Commons Library briefing provides information on the main provisions of the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill 2015-16 and on the development of previous legislation on medical innovation (the Bill builds upon provisions in Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill 2014-15).
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Ending a joint tenancy (England)
This House of Commons Library briefing paper outlines the legal position when a tenant of social housing wants to change a tenancy from joint names to their sole name.
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Briefing for the 2015 UK Youth Parliament Westminster sitting
This briefing provides background information on the ten topics that may be considered by Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) at the November's Westminster sitting.
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Superfast Broadband roll-out: Reaching the final 5% ‘hardest to reach properties’
Last August, I blogged highlighting that the Government’s superfast broadband programme had extended fibre broadband to 2 million premises. This August, the Government has trumpeted the fact that it has now extended fibre to a further million premises, taking the total to 3 million since 2010. MPs will debate this and other issues related to
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Research Briefing
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill 2015-16 [HL]
This briefing explains the provisions of, and the policy background to, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill 2015-16.
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World economic growth at six-year low
The world economy is expected to expand at its slowest rate since the financial crisis, according to new forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released today. Global growth of 3.1% is now anticipated for 2015, down from the 3.5% forecast in April. The downgrade is due to weaker growth in emerging economies, who make
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Research Briefing
Immigration Bill 2015-16
The Immigration Bill 2015-16 is due to have its second reading in the Commons on 13 October.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, October 2015
Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
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Research Briefing
Cancer Statistics: In Detail [archived]
Archived briefing on cancer statistics. Please see below for link to new paper.
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Research Briefing
VW and vehicle emissions testing
This short briefing provides an overview of the problems that have been uncovered at VW regarding emissions testing, what has happened since, and how world governments are planning to deal with it.
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Research Briefing
The Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda
On 25 September UN Member States agreed 17 'Sustainable Development Goals' at an extraordinary Summit of the UN General Assembly. At various points during the negotiations, the UK Government expressed concern that 17 goals was too many. Debates continue over how far the goals embody a 'transformational agenda'.
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