Research Briefing
The World Bank Presidency
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on The World Bank Presidency from 2007.
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Research Briefing
International Development White Paper 2006
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on the International Development White Paper from 2006.
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Research Briefing
Irish banks: deposit protection
This note sets out the issues behind recent concerns surrounding the safety of deposits made by UK residents in Irish banks at the time of the financial crisis in 2008.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
This note outlines the development of the Docklands Light Rail (DLR) system in East London and summarises the recent and planned expansion of the system.
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Research Briefing
Global Economic Crisis & developing countries
This note was last published on 26 August 2009 and will not be updated. In the early stages of the financial crisis there were hopes that it would be largely contained within developed economies, with developing economies having 'decoupled' from them. These early hopes proved unfounded, with developing countries struck by declining trade, a loss of investor confidence and withdrawal of investment, a fall in the value of vital remittances, and much reduced growth and contraction in some cases. There are also fears that aid flows may suffer in the aftermath of the crisis. This note summarises key reports and statistics, with links to further resources.
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Research Briefing
Members 1979-2010
This paper provides a complete list of all Members who have served in the House of Commons from the General Election of 1979 to the dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010. It also provides basic biographical and parliamentary data. The paper is based on data collated from published sources by the House of Commons Library and Information Office. It replaces an earlier version, Research Paper 09/31.
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Research Briefing
Providing identification when instructing a solicitor
Providing identification when instructing a solicitor. By CATHERINE FAIRBAIRN. SN/HA/3086.
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Research Briefing
Timing of Parliamentary election counts
There has been speculation in the press about the timing of counts at the general election. This note looks at the statutory requirements concerning the count and summarises recent reports suggesting that the count will be moved from Thursday night to Friday in certain areas.
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Research Briefing
Tax Law Rewrite : the final Bills
In November 2009 two Bills to rewrite corporation tax and international tax legislation were introduced in the Commons - the last two Bills in the Tax Law Rewrite Project, launched in 1996. This note examines the background to the project, and the preparation of these last two Bills.
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Research Briefing
Transport and Works Act 1992
This Note explains why the TWA was introduced and how it works.
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Research Briefing
Remaining stages of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 2009-10
This Note outlines the changes made to the Bill during report stage and third reading in the House of Commons, seconf reading in the Lords and during wash up.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Central Railway
This note gives information on the proposed freight railway linking Liverpool and Glasgow with northern France, via the Channel Tunnel. The scheme has been stalled since 2006.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Royal Mail services, 2003-
This note explains the end of Royal Mail rail services in 2004 and the rapid resumption of services with a different freight company later the same year.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Cairngorm Funicular Railway
This Note briefly describes the problems surrounding the replacement of the Cairngorm chair lift with a funicular railway in 2001.
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Research Briefing
Claimant count unemployment in the new (2010) parliamentary constituencies
New parliamentary constituency boundaries will be used at the General Election on 6 May 2010. This paper presents data from the labour market statistics currently available for these constituencies, including Job Seeker's Allowance claimant levels in 2005, 2009 and 2010, Job Seeker's Allowance claimant rates, long-term claimants, claimants aged 24 and under, and vacancies recorded at Jobcentre Plus. The data in the paper are not seasonally adjusted, and are available on a monthly basis from 2004.
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