Research Briefing
The Succession to the Crown Bill makes changes to the laws of succession to the Crown. This Library Note summarises the proceedings which have taken place on the Bill during its passage through the House of Commons, ahead of the Bill’s second reading debate in the House of Lords on 14 February 2013.
Research Briefing
The Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill implements an announcement by the Chancellor in the 2012 Autumn Statement that increases in certain working-age welfare benefits and tax credits would be limited to 1 percent, rather than increasing them in line with inflation. This Library Note is intended to provide background information in advance of the Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords on 11 February 2013.
Research Briefing
This Library Note is published in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Defamation Bill on 9 October 2012.
Research Briefing
This Library Note provides background information in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
Research Briefing
This Library Note provides background information in advance of the Protection of Freedoms Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords.
Research Briefing
This Library Note provides background reading for the debate on the role of marriage and marriage support in British society eleven years after the report on 'Funding for Marriage Support' by Sir Graham Hart.
Research Briefing
Equality Bill. House of Lords Library Note 2009/012
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