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On Monday 25 November MPs will debate the Water Bill, a major piece of legislation that will reform the water sector and have implications for customer bills and the environment. Amongst other things, the Bill will enable all non-household customers to choose their water and sewerage supplier and enable more companies to provide water and
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This is a report on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill. It complements Research Paper 13/55 prepared for the Commons Second Reading.
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Romania and Bulgaria (the ‘A2’ states) joined the EU on 1 January 2007. Their EU accession treaty permitted other Member States to impose transitional restrictions on the free movement rights of Bulgarian and Romanian ‘workers’ for up to seven years after accession, in order to guard against disruption of their labour markets. All Member States must lift restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers by the end of 2013.
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This note sets out the historical rates for the major social security benefits since the introduction of the modern welfare state in 1948.
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For Ministers and civil servants alike, the recent National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) reports on progress implementing Universal Credit (UC) will have made uncomfortable reading. The PAC described management of the UC programme as “extraordinarily poor”, pointing to a “shocking absence of financial and other internal controls.”
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In the 2013 Queen’s Speech the Government announced a ‘paving bill’ to authorise further spending on preparation for the HS2 project. This note covers the Parliamentary stages of the paving bill through to Royal Assent on 21 November 2013.
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This briefing is prepared for MPs and their staff to aid in their scrutiny of the Water Bill 2013 at its Second Reading on 25 November 2013. It provides briefing on key issues; additional briefing is available to MPs and their staff upon request.
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A new CAP refrorm package has been agreed for 2014-2020. This paper sets out the reactions and emerging implementation decisions of the four countries of the UK, and also of Ireland.
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On 25 November 2013, it will be a year since two new stalking offences came into force. This Thursday sees a Backbench Business Committee Debate in the House of Commons on the implementation of the new law. So has changing the law done enough to protect victims?
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369 women have been elected as Members of Parliament since 1918 when the first woman was elected to the House of Commons. This is around 8% of all MPs over the period.
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The problem of male-dominated boardrooms is by no means new. However, it has lately assumed heightened prominence due partly to ongoing government-backed reviews and partly to policy development at a European level.
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The Bill provides the legislative framework for a new Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to make payments to people with diffuse mesothelioma who were exposed to asbestos either negligently or in breach of statutory duty by an employer, and who are unable to bring a claim for damages against the employer or an Employers’ Liability (EL) insurer.
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This document, produced especially for Parliament Week 2013, examines the role that women have played in Parliament. It includes a statistics on the increasing number of women in Parliament, brief profiles of selected Women Members and finishes by examining key pieces of legislation that have been passed by women.
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The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill was not amended in Committee. It returns for Report on 18 November 2013. The Government has tabled two amendments.
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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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