Research Briefing
On 16 July 2012 a Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was established by a motion in the House of Commons. The powers of the Commission are as set out by the motion. It is due to report its main recommendations on legislation action before 18 December 2012 before the Banking Reform Bill is published.
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This Research Paper discusses the House of Lords Reform Bill 2012-13, placing it in the context of the previous draft bill and wider debates on the subject.
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This Bill would make the appointment of the Governor of the Bank of England dependent upon the approval of the Treasury Select Committee.
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This research paper has been written to inform Members in preparation for the second reading of the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill 2012-13
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During the campaign for the London mayor in 2012, the two main candidates, Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, agreed to release details of their tax returns. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have also suggested that the policy could be extended more widely. This Note looks at the arguments for and against so far, and looks at selected international comparisons.
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The Public Bodies Act 2011 received royal assent on 14 December 2011. The Act provides for orders to be brought forward to abolish, merge, modify the constitutional arrangements of; modify the funding arrangements of; and modify or transfer the functions of public bodies.
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This standard note covers the Commons stages of the Public Bodies Bill [HL]
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This Note looks at the history of impeachment. This note has been replaced by a new briefing paper.
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This Standard Note considers the extent to which 1) the executive and legislature; 2) the executive and judiciary; and 3) the judiciary and legislature now overlap and interact.
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This Standard Note provides background information on the Coalition Government’s public service reform agenda and current ideas about commissioning public services.
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This standard note summarises the Lords stages of the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill
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This Note looks at Lords amendments to the European Union Bill 2010-11 covering Committee and Report stages, and Third Reading.
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This note aims to give an update on the political events in Northern Ireland from October 2008 to March 2009.
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This note outlines some of the current initiatives in this area.
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Referendums have become an established mechanism for validating constitutional initiatives in the UK. The possibility of using an appropriate minimum turnout, or a special majority to ensure that the outcome of such a poll is seen as legitimate is sometimes raised. This note looks at the debate in the UK so far and briefly looks at the use of referendum thresholds in states outside the UK.
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