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House of Lords Library
Research Briefing
The UK must send an assessment of its economic position to the European Union. Parliament is required to approve the documents which form the basis of this assessment.
House of Lords Library
In Focus
The British Business Bank operates a series of loan schemes to support companies during the pandemic, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). This article summarises the schemes and policy debates around them. It includes data on loan take-up up to 22 April. Coronavirus support through the British Business Bank is the subject of an oral question in the House of Lords on 30 April 2020.
House of Lords Library
In Focus
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen an increase in homeworking and other online activity, such as video streaming. This increase in demand has affected both telecoms providers and engineers. This article summarises the scale of this increased demand and the measures taken to meet it.
House of Lords Library
Research Briefing
Policies to tackle the impact of Covid-19 on those living in poverty is explored in this briefing.
House of Lords Library
In Focus
The Covid-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on the delivery of other vaccination programmes around the world. In April 2020, the UN estimated that vaccination programmes in 24 countries had been delayed due to Covid-19. This article looks at why it is important that other vaccination programmes continue, focusing in particular on the measles vaccine.
House of Lords Library
Current Affairs Digest
These articles consider the effect of coronavirus, first, on the UK economy; and second, on global poverty. On the UK economy it summarises two commentaries that attempt to draw lessons from the earlier pandemics, but reach different conclusions. On global poverty, it reports two estimates of the implications of the pandemic for developing countries and for the UN sustainable development goal to eliminate extreme poverty.
House of Lords Library
Current Affairs Digest
Catch up on science articles you may have missed from March and April 2020. Articles this month look at the science behind measures to contain Covid-19.
House of Lords Library
Research Briefing
Charities could lose revenue as a result of Covid-19 yet their services are in increased demand because of the crisis.
House of Lords Library
Current Affairs Digest
Catch-up on international affairs articles you may have missed from April 2020, including what impact coronavirus might have on Gaza.
House of Lords Library
Current Affairs Digest
Catch up on articles you may have missed about the constitution, government and parliament from April 2020. Articles this month look at types of governance, and the virtual running of parliament in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
House of Lords Library
Current Affairs Digest
Catch-up on social policy articles you may have missed from April 2020, including an anthropologist's view on how best to tackle coronavirus.
House of Lords Library
Current Affairs Digest
Catch up on Brexit articles you may have missed from April 2020, including on how the UK and the EU may approach discussions on their future relationship.
House of Lords Library
In Focus
Most official data is produced with a lag, making timely assessments of the economic impact of coronavirus difficult. The disruption may also have made it harder to collect accurate statistics. This article looks at a new set of indicators that the Office for National Statistics has produced to address these issues. It also reports suggestions for other measures to shed light on the impact of the pandemic, including from countries.
House of Lords Library
In Focus
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on prisons and offenders. This article looks at why this population are more at risk from the outbreak, what the current situation is in England and Wales, and what the Government have announced to help support prisons and offenders during the Covid-19 pandemic.
House of Lords Library
Research Briefing
The social and domiciliary care sector is under huge strain as it tries to meet the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Government has introduced several measures, principally through the Coronavirus Act 2020, which it says are aimed to help the sector cope at such unprecedented times. However, concern has been expressed that the changes may have unintended negative consequences for some of the most vulnerable in society.
House of Lords Library
In Focus
CRISPR (clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a genome editing tool. Scientists continue to research the potential uses of CRISPR technology. The coronavirus pandemic has seen an increase in the demand for diagnostic testing. This article discusses what CRISPR is and its potential role in diagnostics.
House of Lords Library
In Focus
This article looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is having an impact on the Brexit transition period. It explores what the continued application of EU law during the transition means for the UK’s response to coronavirus, for example on state aid and participation in EU initiatives to procure ventilators. It also looks at what role there would be for Parliament in any decision to extend the transition period beyond December 2020.
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