Research Briefing
Public engagement in the UK Parliament: overview and statistics
This Commons Library Briefing Paper gives an overview of public engagement activities undertaken by the UK Parliament and their reach.
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Research Briefing
Bovine Tuberculosis Statistics: Great Britain
This briefing paper presents statistics on the incidence of bovine TB in Great Britain. In 2018, there were 4,395 new herd incidents and 44,656 animals were slaughtered due to bovine TB.
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Research Briefing
Key Issues 2017
Key Issues 2017 is a series of short briefings on the topics that will take centre stage in UK and international politics in the new Parliament. Written by impartial Commons Library specialists, these articles are designed to help the reader get up to speed quickly on issues such as; Brexit, the housing crisis, the future of devolution and much more.
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Research Briefing
The UK: a diverse democracy?
On 18 August, the Equality and Human Rights Commission published a report showing that ethnic minorities in the UK continue to be disadvantaged in numerous ways. Shortly after, the Prime Minister Theresa May launched an audit of how different groups in society interact with public services. But is it enough for the state to treat
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Research Briefing
Diversity in the UK’s democratic institutions
This Commons Library Briefing Paper examines diversity in the UK's democratic institutions: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. It shows there are differences between these institutions and also within each institution.
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Research Briefing
2018 Boundary Review: initial proposals for Wales
This Commons Library Briefing Paper examines the initial proposals for new Westminster constituency boundaries in Wales, published as part of the 2018 Review. It looks at how these proposals affect existing constituencies, and the electorate and area of the proposed constituencies.
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Research Briefing
2018 Boundary Review: initial proposals for England
This Commons Library Briefing Paper examines the initial proposals for new constituency boundaries in England. It looks at the extent to which proposed constituencies can be identified with existing seats, and the area and electorates of the proposed seats.
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Research Briefing
Boundary Review: missing voters, missing seats?
The four Boundary Commissions have started to publish their initial proposals for new constituency boundaries. The new boundaries will be based on the electorate of 1 December 2015. Yet by June 2016 (at the time of the EU referendum), the number of registered voters had increased by 1.75 million. Would using the June electorate change
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Research Briefing
Referendum campaign literature
During the EU referendum campaign there were complaints about the claims put forward in campaign literature and calls for an independent body to oversee the truthfulness of claims made during political campaigns. This Briefing Paper looks at the regulation of campaign literature in the UK and in other countries.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: national identity and ethnicity in the referendum
In the referendum on EU membership held on 23 June, local authorities with higher proportions of people identifying as ‘English only’ recorded higher vote shares to leave the EU, while polling data suggest that ethnic minorities were more likely to vote Remain. Is there a relationship between national identity and ethnicity on the one hand,
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