Research Briefing
Sheep
this note covers issues of importance to sheep farming, including welfare, electronic tagging and diseases
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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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Unemployment by Constituency, June 2012
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
Press regulation: international comparisons
This Note provides a brief overview of systems of press regulation in a number of foreign countries. Where possible, it details the sanctions available to the regulator in the event that a newspaper breaches a voluntary or statutory code of industry practice. If there is an established mechanism for the arbitration of press complaints, this is noted.
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Research Briefing
Press regulation – the debate
Following the discovery of widespread “phone-hacking” by journalists at The News of the World and other British newspapers, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, established in July 2011 a multi-part inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press. Lord Justice Leveson was appointed as Chairman of the Inquiry. The first part (or “module”), which concluded its public hearings on 9 February 2012, concentrated on the relationship between the press and the public. Much of the material quoted in this Library Note comes from the evidence presented to this module (the first of four), but the Note will be updated periodically to take account of evidence presented at later modules.
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Research Briefing
Agriculture – CAP Reforms
This note describes the European Commission proposals to amend the Common Agricultural Policy and comments upon it from interested parties.
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Pigs
This note covers problems faced by pig farmers, partly because of stricter welfare legislation in the UK than elsewhere in the European Union
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Research Briefing
Religious slaughter
This note deals with the concession allowing religious slaughter of animals without pre-stunning
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Credit easing: National Loan Guarantee Scheme and Business Finance Partnership
This note looks at the short history of credit easing (National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS) for small businesses and the Business Finance Partnership) in the UK and recent evidence from the US.
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Research Briefing
Driving: licences
This note explains the law related to driver licensing, including the changes introduced in the UK by virtue of European Directives. There is a separate section on the new licensing regime for HGV drivers, introduced in 2009.
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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill introduces reforms in a number of areas.
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