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The effects of inflation on historic legal provisions Friday is the scheduled Second Reading for Karen Buck MP’s Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is seeking to amend existing legislation (the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985) that has, according to the Law Commission, been allowed to “wither on the vine”. The 1985 Act consolidated many
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This briefing paper is prepared for the Second Reading of the Psychoactive Substances Bill on 19 October 2015.
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This list notes ministerial office holders in the 2010 Coalition Government.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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This briefing explains the provisions of, and the policy background to, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill 2015-16.
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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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The Immigration Bill 2015-16 is due to have its second reading in the Commons on 13 October.
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Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
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Archived briefing on cancer statistics. Please see below for link to new paper.
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