Research Briefing
Direct Planning (Pilot) Bill [HL]
This In Focus briefing provides background information in advance of the second reading of the Direct Planning (Pilot) Bill [HL] in the House of Lords on 20 November 2015.
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Research Briefing
Interception of Communications: The Wilson Doctrine
This In Focus provides a briefing on the background and current status of the Wilson Doctrine, which concerns the interception of parliamentarians’ communications.
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Research Briefing
Delegated Legislation in the House of Lords
This In Focus provides statistics and information about delegated legislation in the House of Lords.
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Research Briefing
Digital Democracy: Political Participation and Citizen Engagement through the Internet
This Library Note provides an overview of developments around citizens’ political engagement and participation through the internet. It has been written in light of the 2015 'Open Up' report by the Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy, which set five key targets for the House of Commons and made a number of recommendations to the administration and MPs in how to meet them. Reference to the report and its recommendations are referred to within.
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Research Briefing
European Union Referendum Bill
This Library Note provides background reading for the European Union Referendum Bill, debated ay second reading in the House of Lords on 13 October 2015.
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Research Briefing
Select Committees in the House of Lords
This Note considers committees in the House of Lords which deal with public matters.
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Research Briefing
Customs and Traditions in the House of Lords
This Lords Library briefing can now be found at: http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/LLN-2017-0050.
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Research Briefing
Productivity in the United Kingdom and the British Economy Beyond Austerity
This Library Note provides background information on the approach set out in the Conservative Party manifesto to economic and fiscal policy and summarises recent forecasts for the economy. In addition, it provides background information on the UK’s productivity performance and summarises the main elements of, and both political and other reaction to, the Government’s productivity plan. It has been written to support the debates in the House of Lords on the subjects of the Government’s productivity plan and the ‘British economy beyond austerity’ scheduled to take place on 8 and 10 September 2015, respectively.
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Research Briefing
Constitutional Convention Bill [HL]
This In Focus briefing provides background information in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Constitutional Convention Bill [HL] on 17 July 2015.
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Research Briefing
The Salisbury-Addison Convention
This In Focus note briefly outlines the Salisbury-Addison Convention, and its interpretation and development.
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Research Briefing
The Honours System
Following the publication of the recent Queen's Birthday Honours List, this In Focus note examines the workings of the honours system and proposals for its reform.
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Research Briefing
Regulation of Political Opinion Polling Bill [HL]
This In Focus briefing provides background information in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Regulation of Political Opinion Polling Bill [HL] on 19 June 2015.
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Research Briefing
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] (HL Bill 1 of 2015–16)
This Note outlines the proposals for reform of combined authorities and local authorities set out in the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL].
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Research Briefing
House of Lords Reform 2010–15
This Note provides a summary of the proposals for reform of the House of Lords that were made during the 2010–15 parliament.
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Research Briefing
Constitutional Conventions: Possible Options in the New Parliament
This Note sets out some of the ‘key issues’ that have been put forward as being important when a process of constitutional review or reform is being devised and briefly highlights examples of the different structures used during such processes both in the UK and around the world. The Note ends with an overview of the latest known positions of a selection of political parties represented in the current House of Commons on the case for holding a constitutional convention.
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