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Indicators of hospital performance published by the Care Quality Commission and Dr. Foster Research

Thursday, 03 December, 2009

This note examines measures of hospital standards and patient safety published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Dr. Foster Research Limited and critically appraises the methodology underpinning their assessments. Concerns have been raised about the lack of consistency between the CQC and Dr. Foster ratings; in the final section, a comparison is made between the two, and some explanations for the discrepancies are offered.
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Climate Change: The Copenhagen Conference

Wednesday, 02 December, 2009
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- Climate change
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Economic indicators, December 2009

Tuesday, 01 December, 2009

This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major countries. [Article: Making sense of monthly public sector borrowing statistics]
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- Economic situation
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The Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002 – is there a 2 years guarantee?

Tuesday, 01 December, 2009
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- Consumers
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Financial Services Bill. Bill 6 2009-10.

Friday, 27 November, 2009

This is the third piece of financial services legislation since 2007 to respond to the banking and financial crisis. It does however, include other measures designed to improve the position of financial services customers. It creates a Council for Financial Stability to co-ordinate the responsibilities and action of the Bank, FSA and Treasury with respect to financial stability matters. It enhances and extends the powers of the FSA and gives it new duties. Lastly, amongst other consumer protection measures, it provides for collective consumer legal action to be taken in cases of multiple claimants against financial companies. The Bill applies to the whole of the UK.
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Digital Economy Bill

Friday, 27 November, 2009
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- Press and media
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The Governance of Britain Green Paper and Citizens’ Assemblies

Wednesday, 25 November, 2009

This paper sets out the proposals for citizen engagement in constitutional reform made by the Government in the Governance of Britain Green Paper and subsequent announcements.
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- Parliament
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Home Office legislation since the 1997 general election

Tuesday, 24 November, 2009

Home Office legislation since the 1997 general election. By John Woodhouse. SN/HA/3352.
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- Criminal law
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Climate change levy

Friday, 20 November, 2009

The climate change levy was introduced in April 2001, charged on electricity, gas, liquefied petroleum gas and solid fuels, when supplied to business. This note gives a short history of the levy, and the impact it has had in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Lisbon Strategy

Thursday, 19 November, 2009

The Lisbon Strategy. By Dominic Webb. SN/EP/3404.
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The Lisbon Treaty: choosing a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Wednesday, 18 November, 2009

This Note looks at the role of the new High Representative for EU foreign affairs and security policy, the method of appointment and possible candidates for the job. It does not consider the new European External Action Service.
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By elections since 2005

Tuesday, 17 November, 2009

This note sets out results of by elections since the 2005 General Election.
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- UK elections
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Equality Bill : Committee stage report

Thursday, 12 November, 2009

Legislation to outlaw discrimination has existed for over 40 years. Typically, new Acts have had as their focus one area of policy, for example, pay, equal treatment of women, race discrimination etc. Almost inevitably, the body of current law, introduced piece meal over such a long period, has developed inconsistencies of both content and approach. As well as introducing new requirements one of the main aims of this Bill is to harmonise existing law into a more coherent whole.
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The Lisbon Treaty: choosing a President of the European Council

Thursday, 12 November, 2009

Now that all 27 Member States have ratified the Lisbon Treaty, the Swedish EU Presidency is holding an extraordinary meeting on 19 November 2009 to decide on the post-holders for the three new top jobs created by the Treaty. This Note looks at one of these posts - that of President of the European Council.
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Unemployment by constituency, October 2009

Wednesday, 11 November, 2009

This paper shows the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance recorded as resident in each constituency in the United Kingdom in October 2009, together with comparisons with the levels in October 2008 and October 1997. Residence-based unemployment rates are given for all 646 constituencies in the United Kingdom. A summary of the latest labour market data is given, along with a selection of other relevant constituency-level indicators
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- Work and incomes

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