Research Briefing
Armed Forces Bill (Bill 94 of 2005-06)
The Armed Forces Bill (Bill 94 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/86
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Research Briefing
Public Service Agreements
This note offers a brief summary of the history and purpose of Public Service Agreements, introduced in 1998 as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
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Research Briefing
School closure procedures
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on school closure procedures, from 2005 (section G added in 2007).
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, December 2005
Economic indicators. [Includes article on trade justice, the WTO Doha Round and Hong Kong]. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/84.
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Research Briefing
Incapacity benefit reforms: ‘Pathways to Work’
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on Incapacity Benefit reforms: ‘Pathways to Work’, from 2005.
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Research Briefing
The “Sewel Convention”
The Sewel Convention applies when the UK Parliament legislates on a matter which is devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
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Research Briefing
The Work and Families Bill.
The Bill delivers primary legislation for regulations to be made extending statutory leave and pay for parents. The intention is to increase the period of Statutory Maternity Pay, Maternity Allowance and Statutory Adoption Pay to 39 weeks by April 2007 as a step toward 52 weeks by the end of the Parliament. Additional unpaid paternity leave will be introduced after further consultation. The intention is to allow mothers to transfer some of their unused statutory pay entitlement to fathers. Powers are also given allowing the scope of the right to request flexible working to be extended.
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Research Briefing
Equality Bill (HL) (Bill 85 2005-06)
Equality Bill (HL) (Bill 85 of 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/77
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