Research Briefing
Deregulation Bill: Committee Stage Report
The Bill proposes a range of measures in line with the Government’s aim to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses and public authorities.
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Research Briefing
Soccer and solvency: the Football Creditors Rule
This afternoon MPs will debate the Football Creditors Rule. The rule requires that an insolvent football club’s new owners must repay the money owed to key ‘football creditors’ (players, managers and other clubs), irrespective of the position of any other creditors. Some within football claim the rule is good for competition, but HM Revenue &
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Research Briefing
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill would make a number of changes to the criminal justice system including sentencing; cautions; prisoners’ release and recall; and the detention of young offenders. It would also reform court proceedings and costs; establish a new system of strict liability in contempt proceedings; create new offences for juror misconduct; make changes to the conduct and funding of judicial review claims; and amend the law on extreme pornography.
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Research Briefing
Deregulation Bill
The Bill proposes a range of measures in line with the Government’s aim to reduce burdens on businesses and public authorities.
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Research Briefing
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill Committee stage report
This is a report on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill. It complements Research Paper 13/55 prepared for the Commons Second Reading.
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Research Briefing
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill
Remote gambling operators currently need a licence in Britain only if they have equipment located here. The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill would move the regulation of remote gambling to a ‘point of consumption’ basis so that all remote operators would need a licence from the Gambling Commission to enable them to transact with British customers and advertise in Britain. The Government believes this will increase protection for British customers as well as enabling British-based operators to compete on an equal footing with other remote operators.
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Research Briefing
Draft Gambling (Licensing & Advertising) Bill
The Draft Gambling (Licensing & Advertising) Bill would amend the Gambling Act 2005 so that remote gambling would be regulated on a point of consumption basis, rather than point of supply (as at present).
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Research Briefing
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill: Committee stage report
This is an account of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill and has been prepared for the Report and Third Reading of the Bill, scheduled for 8 September 2011. It supplements Research Paper 11/34, prepared for the Second Reading of the Bill in the Commons on 28 April 2011.
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Research Briefing
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill
This Bill makes a small number of technical amendments to the advertising and trading, ticket touting and traffic management provisions of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006. These amendments cover the seizure of articles which contravene advertising and trading regulations; the parliamentary procedure and notice periods required when new advertising and trading regulations are introduced; the penalty for unauthorised sales of Olympic tickets; and traffic regulation and enforcement during the Games.
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Research Briefing
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill [Bill 116 of 2010-11]
This briefing on the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading debate on the Bill in the House of Commons. It specifically looks at areas covering police and arrest warrants; licensing; protests around parliament and the misuse of drugs.
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Research Briefing
Public services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Bill No 6 of 2010/11
The Bill attempts to strengthen the social enterprise business sector and make the concept of ‘social value’ more relevant and important in the placement and provision of public services. New duties will be placed upon central and local government authorities to publish explicit strategies for supporting these values and the public procurement process will need to reflect and measure them. This Paper was completed before a final version of the Bill was published.
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Research Briefing
Redistributing parliamentary boundaries: some international comparisons
This note describes how constituency boundaries are redrawn in a number of other countries: Canada, Australia, the USA and France. Much of the material in the note is taken from a key text on the subject, Redistributing in comparative perspective edited by Lisa Handley and Bernard Grofman.
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Research Briefing
CCTV and its effectiveness in tackling crime
This note provides background to the use of CCTV before outlining some of the main research studies.
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Research Briefing
The credit crisis:a timeline
This Briefing Paper provides a brief summary of the financial crisis, or credit crunch, of 2008 followed by a lengthy timeline of individual events.
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