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Research Briefing
Policing and Crime Bill (Bill 7 of 2008-09)
This Bill includes measures on police accountability and effectiveness, prostitution and certain orders relating to sex offences, regulation of lap dancing clubs, licensing conditions, police powers relating to alcohol, proceeds of crime, extradition, airport security, criminal records, importation restrictions on offensive weapons and football banning orders.
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Research Briefing
Incidence and prevalence
Statistical literacy guide on Incidence and prevalence by Rachael Harker
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Research Briefing
Local authority finance in a recession
This note looks at the affect that the economic slowdown will have on the finances of local authorites.
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Research Briefing
Social background of the United States Congress 2009
This note provides an introduction to the demographics of the Members of the 111th Congress of the United States (2009-2010), including age, ethnicity, gender, length of service, military veteran status, and occupational and educational background.
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Research Briefing
Underage drinking
This note uses data from the Offending, Crime and Justice Survey to look at issues surrounding underage drinking.
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Research Briefing
Arms Exports to Israel
This note briefly examines the UK's arms export policy with respect to Israel, the value of the military goods that the UK has exported over the last ten years and provides a comparison to the United States which accounts for 94% of all arms exports to Israel, and the other EU Member States.
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Research Briefing
The Christmas Bonus and the associated 60 pound one-off payment for 2008-09
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on the Christmas Bonus and the associated 60 pound one-off payment for 2008-09, from 2009.
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Research Briefing
Tax credits and childcare costs
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on tax credits and childcare costs, from 2009.
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Research Briefing
Economic indicators, January 2009
This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Indicator-only edition]
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Research Briefing
Saving Gateway Accounts Bill (Bill 3 of 2008-09)
This short Bill establishes a government subsidised savings scheme for people of working age on low incomes. The Saving Gateway has been trialled in several regions; the Bill establishes a scheme for the whole of the country.
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Research Briefing
The Future of Coalition Forces in Iraq
This note examines the legal basis for the ongoing presence of Coalition forces in Iraq, current troop commitments and plans for the future.
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Research Briefing
Draft Communications Data Bill
This note provides background information on the proposed draft Communications Data Bill which has yet to be published. It mentions reports that consideration is being given to a centralised database and some of the concerns these have given rise to. A government consultation on implementing, via secondary legislation, an EC Directive on data retention closed on 31 October 2008.
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Research Briefing
Official Secrecy
This Note sets out the historical background to the current laws on official secrecy. It also provides a brief summary of notable cases which have involved official information legislation.
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Research Briefing
EU trade preferences for developing countries: the GSP & ‘Everything But Arms’
The European Union offers developing countries unilateral preferential trading arrangements under its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), which is split into three parts: standard GSP, GSP+ and 'Everything But Arms'. A new GSP Regulation is to enter into force on 1 January 2009, running to the end of 2011. This note outlines the changes that have been made, providing a background and history to the GSP.
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