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There has been a lot of concern that Afghan women will be the main losers in the next few years as international forces withdraw and the Kabul government negotiates some sort of accommodation with the insurgency.
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Looks at at the introduction of Pension Credit and its development to December 2011
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This paper is essentially a short selective bibliography of resources on the Intelligence and Security Committee.
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Health and safety legislation applies to the smallest of businesses but guidance from the Health and Safety Executive and government reviews aim to simplify compliance.
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HS2 is a £32 billion project to build a high speed rail line from London to Manchester and Leeds, via Birmingham to begin operation in 2026 and be completed in 2032.
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This Note looks at the history of impeachment. This note has been replaced by a new briefing paper.
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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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Since December 2010, the most profound process of change has affected the countries of the Arab world. The change spread quickly between the countries of the region, underlining the many common factors that provoked unrest. How the region’s revolutions progress, however, depends on the individual characteristics of each country, which are very different. This paper looks at these similarities and differences and considers the possible outcomes in each case. The legitimacy of ruling regimes, the effect of societies’ divisions along confessional lines and the role of the region’s militaries are considered.
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Since October 2010 the MOD has been conducting a basing review to examine all of the issues that arose out of the Strategic Defence and Security Review. The conclusions of that review were announced in the House on 18 July 2011. In November 2011 the MOD announced the first tranche of moves envisaged under the rebasing programme.
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The House of Commons will consider Lords’ Amendments to the Education Bill on 14 November 2011. This Library Standard Note highlights some of the main Lords’ Amendments on school-related matters.
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This note gives details of ports policy, including the National Policy Statement, and approvals for new container ports since 1997.
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Quotas paid by member states are the main financial resource of the IMF. This note explains how they work with particular reference to the UK, and describes the proposed changes that will see quotas double.
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The 2006 Convention on Enforced Disappearance, which came into force in 2010, requires states that have ratified it to create new criminal offences in their domestic law and to adjust their laws on (for example) detention. The UK has not signed or ratified the Convention despite some pressure to do so.
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The boundaries of western and Russian influence in Eastern Europe are in play in Ukraine.
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If Scotland became independent, would it automatically remain a member of the European Union (EU) – or would it have to go through the whole accession process for new Member States, either alone or alongside the rest of the UK?
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