Research Briefing
The theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (11 to 17 May) is action to support good mental health. This briefing looks at action to support good mental health of individuals, evidence around actions to support population mental health, and government activity.
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Commons and Lords private members’ bills (PMBs), and their sponsoring members, which have received Royal Assent since the start of the 1983 Parliament.
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A briefing on the King’s Speech, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session.
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A briefing paper on the State Opening of Parliament, its history and ceremonial
Constituency casework,Research Briefing
An overview of local housing authorities’ legal duties when arranging homelessness accommodation outside their area.
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Election campaign material produced by political parties, candidates and non-party campaigners must carry an ‘imprint’ on both digital and printed material. The Representation of the People Bill includes some reforms to the current digital imprints regime.
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Following Dame Lynne Owens’ Independent Review, the Justice Secretary has pledged £82 million to address the growing problem of prisoners released in error.
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This briefing discusses the two income tax allowances that married couples and civil partners may be entitled to claim.
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Methods for evaluating whether a source is likely to be reliable usually look at authority, motivation, accuracy and relevance.
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Fact-checking usually involves following a claim back to its original source to verify it, or comparing it with other sources.
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Stopping and asking a few questions about images and videos shared online can help assess whether they are likely to be real, fake, or misleading.
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There is widespread concern that misinformation is spreading rapidly online and offline and that this might have a damaging effect on democracy and social wellbeing.
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This Commons Library briefing paper provides information about the freehold covenants. Specifically, detecting, enforcing, modifying or releasing a covenant.
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The number of divisions in the House of Commons Chamber since 1945, listed by session. Counts of deferred divisions since the 2000–01 session are also included.
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Applications for emergency debates made in the House of Commons since 1979, including the outcome of each application from 1992, and details of the debates.
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