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Membership of the House of Lords: Ethnicity, Religion and Disability

Thursday, 12 June, 2014

Members of the House of Lords are not required to provide information about their ethnicity, religious beliefs or any disabilities they may have. However, there is continued interest in the representativeness of the House, as currently composed. This Library Note provides background information on this subject: it summarises existing research on the representation in the House of Lords of minority ethnic groups, religions and disability, and sets out some of the challenges in collecting and interpreting this information.
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Debate on 6 May: Actions Taken Following the Publication in 2013 of the Report of the Select Committee on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Wednesday, 30 April, 2014

This Library Note examines what developments have occurred since the Government’s response to the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises was published in May 2013.
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- Business
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Hereditary Peers in the House of Lords: 1999 to 2014

Thursday, 27 March, 2014

The House of Lords Act 1999 ended the centuries-old linkage between the hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords. The majority of hereditary Peers left the House of Lords in November 1999, but under a compromise arrangement, 92 of their number, known as ‘excepted’ hereditary Peers still sit in the House today.
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Britain and the First World War: Parliament, Empire and Commemoration

Monday, 24 March, 2014

The centenary of the start of the First World War will be marked in 2014. Britain entered the conflict in August 1914 and remained at war until November 1918.
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Budget 2014: Reaction

Thursday, 20 March, 2014

This Library Note provides a brief summary of the key measures announced on 19 March 2014 in the Chancellor’s Budget Statement.
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- Economy
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Debate on 20 March: The Level of Employment in the United Kingdom

Monday, 17 March, 2014

This House of Lords Library Note provides background information to employment figures in the United Kingdom, including how they are defined and some of the economic theories surrounding their levels.
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- Employment
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Second Chambers

Monday, 10 March, 2014

This Library Note looks at bicameral legislatures in other parts of the world and provides an overview of some of the features of other second chambers, and how these compare to the current House of Lords.
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House of Lords Reform (No 2) Bill (HL Bill 92 of 2013–14)

Friday, 07 March, 2014

The House of Lords Reform (No 2) Bill is a private members’ bill, which was introduced into the House of Commons on 19 June 2013. The Bill makes provision for retirement from the House of Lords, and for the expulsion of Members of the House of Lords in specified circumstances.
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Debate on 6 March: The Contribution of Women to the Economy of the UK, to Mark International Women’s Day

Monday, 03 March, 2014

This Library Note provides background reading in advance of the debate in the House of Lords on the contribution of women to the economy of the UK, to mark International Women’s Day.
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Debate on 27 February: Syria and the Middle East

Thursday, 13 February, 2014

This Library Note provides background reading in advance of the debate in the House of Lords on 27 February 2014 on recent developments in Syria and the Middle East.
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- Foreign Policy
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Regional Representation in the House of Lords

Monday, 10 February, 2014

This Library Note provides statistics relating to the regions of the UK with which current Members of the House of Lords have connections.
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Immigration Bill (HL Bill 84 of 2013–14)

Thursday, 06 February, 2014

This Library Note provides information on the Immigration Bill, which is due for second reading in the House of Lords on 10 February 2014.
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Water Bill

Wednesday, 22 January, 2014

The Water Bill would introduce greater competition in the water sector by allowing non-household customers to switch their water and sewerage supplier (retail competition) and by allowing new entrants to the water market to provide new sources of water or sewerage treatment services (upstream competition).
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European Union (Referendum) Bill (HL Bill 63 of 2013–14)

Tuesday, 07 January, 2014

European Union (Referendum) Bill (HL Bill 63 of 2013–14)
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- Foreign Policy
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Debate on 12 December: Reducing the Size of the House of Lords

Monday, 09 December, 2013

This Library Note provides background reading for the debate to be held on Thursday, 12 December 2013 to take note of the case for reducing the size of the House of Lords.
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- House of Lords

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